surface
/ˈsəːfɪs/
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- Final e often stays silent
sur - face -> surface
(n) မျက်နှာပြင်
surface /'sɜ:fÇs/ n
၁။ [C] (က) မျက်နှာ။ မျက်နှာပြင်။ the earth's surface ❍ the surface of a sphere. (ခ) မျက်နှာ။ မျက်နှာပြင်။ the polished surfaces of a diamond. (ဂ) မျက်နှာ။ မျက်နှာပြင်။ အပြင်။ the rough surface of the wall ❍ an uneven road surface ❍ clean/wipe all the kitchen surfaces (ie the tops and sides of cupboards, etc) ❍ a work surface (ie the top of a desk, table, etc) ❍ a surface wound (ie not a deep one) လျှပ်ထိသော ဒဏ်ရာ။ ❍ surface transport (ie road and rail travel) မြေပြင်ပို့ဆောင်ရေး။ ❍ a surface worker (ie sb who works above ground at a mine). မြေပေါ်အလုပ်သမား။
၂။ [C usu sing ] မျက်နှာပြင်။ the smooth surface of the lake ❍ bubbles rising to the surface (of a pool) ❍ oil floating on the surface of the water ❍ fish swimming just below the surface.
၃။ [sing] အပြင်ပန်း။ မျက်နှာပန်း။ အပေါ်ယံ။ She looks relaxed, but there are lots of tensions below the surface. ❍ Look beyond the surface before you judge someone. ❍ Doubts began to rise to the surface. မသင်္ကာစရာများ ပေါ်ထွက်လာသည်။
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၁။ ~ sth (with sth) မံသည်။ ကျံသည်။ ကိုင်သည်။ ခင်း သည်။ surfacing the area with concrete ❍ The surfaced road ends at the farm.
၂။ ပေါ်လာသည်။ The ducks dived and surfaced again several metres away.
၃။ (က) ပြန်ပေါ်လာသည်။ (သတင်း၊ သဲလွန်စ) ပေါ်သည်။ Doubts/Fears/Problems began to surface. ❍ I lost track of her for several years, but she suddenly surfaced again in London. ❍ No further information has surfaced as yet. (ခ) (infml ) အိပ်ရာထသည် (သို့) သတိ လည်လာသည်။ He finally surfaced at midday.
❏ on the surface [IDM ] အပြင်ပန်းအားဖြင့်။ အပေါ်ယံကြော မျှ။ On the surface, it seems like a good idea. ❍ His charm is only on the surface.
❏ surface area n (usu sing ) မျက်နှာပြင်။ a leaf with a large surface area.
❏ surface mail n [U] လေယာဉ်ဖြင့် မဟုတ်ဘဲ မီးရထား၊ ကား၊ သင်္ဘောဖြင့် ပေးပို့သောစာ။
❏ surface tension n [U] (techn ) (အရည်များတွင်) မျက်နှာပြင်တင်းအား။
❏ surface-to-air adj ရေပြင်-ဝေဟင်။ မြေပြင်-ဝေဟင်။
- Wipe the surface with a damp cloth.
- A smooth/rough/hard surface
- Road surfaces are slippery from the icy rain.
- The surface of Mars
- We saw fish swimming just under the surface of the water.
- A farmer was spreading fertilizer over the surface of the soil.
- Papers and books covered the surface of the desk.
- All surfaces in the kitchen should be carefully cleaned.
- Many tennis players dislike the grass surface at Wimbledon.
- His favourite surface is clay.
- Underneath his cool surface was a growing sense of insecurity.
- [on the surface] : On the surface, they looked like a happily married couple.
- [beneath the surface] : Hostility lies beneath the surface of calm in the region.
- He could feel his frustration and rage rising to the surface.
- A cube has six surfaces.
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