surface

superficie

Lo strato esterno o superiore di un oggetto o materiale.

In inglese semplice: The outside or top layer of an object or material.

• The surface feels smooth.
• She wiped the kitchen surfaces with a cloth.
• Small bubbles appeared on the surface of the water.

Come si usa: the surface of something (The surface of the table feels rough.); on the surface (Leaves floated on the surface of the water.)

Sinonimi: exterior, outside

Contrari: interior

Espressioni comuni: surface of something, smooth surface, on the surface

superficie

Il lato superiore di qualcosa di piatto o la parte superiore di un liquido.

In inglese semplice: The top side of something flat, or the top of a liquid.

• Put the bowl on a flat surface.
• She wiped the surface of the desk.
• Light reflected off the water’s surface.

Sinonimi: top

Espressioni comuni: flat surface, table surface, surface of something

superficie

La parte superiore di un liquido, dove entra in contatto con l’aria.

In inglese semplice: The top of a liquid, where it meets the air.

• Leaves floated on the surface.
• Bubbles rose to the surface of the pool.
• The wind disturbed the lake’s surface.

Come si usa: surface of something (Oil covered the surface of the water.)

Espressioni comuni: water surface, surface of something, below the surface

superficie

Insieme di punti nello spazio descritto da un’equazione, che forma una figura a due dimensioni.

In inglese semplice: A set of points in a space, described by an equation and forming a two-dimensional shape.

• The equation defines a curved surface.
• These points lie on the same surface.
• We plotted the surface in three dimensions.

Espressioni comuni: curved surface, algebraic surface, surface equation

emergere, portare alla luce

Diventare noti dopo essere rimasti nascosti, oppure far conoscere fatti nascosti.

In inglese semplice: If facts become known, or someone brings them to people’s attention, they appear after being hidden.

• New evidence has surfaced.
• Several problems surfaced during the meeting.
• The review surfaced details that nobody had noticed.

Sinonimi: emerge, reveal

Espressioni comuni: surface during something, surface new information, surface in something

emergere, far emergere

Salire fino alla superficie dell’acqua o farvi salire qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: To come up to the top of water, or bring something there.

• The whale surfaced beside us.
• The divers surfaced after twenty minutes.
• The captain surfaced the submarine before dawn.

Sinonimi: come up, bring up

Contrari: submerge

Espressioni comuni: surface for air, surface near something, surface a submarine, surface beside something

rivestire, pavimentare

Coprire una strada o un altro oggetto con un nuovo strato di materiale.

In inglese semplice: To put a new layer of material on a road or another object.

• They surfaced the road yesterday.
• The path will be surfaced with gravel.
• We need to surface the tennis courts.

Come si usa: surface something with something (They surfaced the driveway with concrete.)

Sinonimi: cover, pave

Espressioni comuni: surface a road, surface with something, surface a path