| 单词 | surface effect |
| 释义 | > as lemmassurface effect surface effect n. (a) an artistic or literary effect lacking depth, a superficial effect; (b) an effect associated with, or only encountered near, a surface; (attributive) designating an air-cushion vehicle in which the cushion is sealed by rigid side walls and flexible seals fore and aft. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > other types of effect co-effect1768 ricochet1773 surface effect1837 emergent1874 dent1942 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [adjective] > utilizing air-cushion > types of hovercraft stretched1960 surface effect1962 skirted1967 1837 Gentleman's Mag. (Philadelphia) Aug. 106/2 His dialogues, without straining for puns, or mere surface effects, are excerpta from veritable life. 1850 Aide-mémoire to Mil. Sci. II. 346 When a charge of powder was exploded in their vicinity, its surface effect was very much diminished. 1962 Marine Engin./Log Oct. 72/2 A surface-effect ship is being developed under a $370,000 MarAd contract. 1985 C. Jencks Mod. Movements Archit. (ed. 2) vii. 246 The basic objection was that the Townscape Philosophy was only interested in surface effects, in curing symptoms, not causes, of urban blight. 1993 Pop. Sci. Oct. 96/1 A hovering catamaran, or surface-effect ship, Smyge is currently being used to test a range of systems that may be placed in future Swedish Royal Navy small combat craft. 2000 C. D. Whiteman Mountain Meteorol. iii. 25 Microscale studies are usually confined to the layer of air from the earth's surface to an altitude where surface effects become negligible. < as lemmas |
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