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单词 subsurface
释义

subsurface

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noun

sub·​sur·​face ˈsəb-ˌsər-fəs How to pronounce subsurface (audio)
: earth material (such as rock) near but not exposed at the surface of the ground

subsurface

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adjective

sub·​sur·​face ˌsəb-ˈsər-fəs How to pronounce subsurface (audio)
: of, relating to, or being something located beneath a surface and especially underground

Synonyms

Adjective

  • belowground
  • subterranean
  • underground
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Adjective a sandy wasteland that gave little hint of its subsurface wealth
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Harrison, however, fishing subsurface with a nymph, soon hooked up. Chris Santella, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2022 ExoMars will be the first Martian mission to combine the ability to move across the surface with studies of deep subsurface soil. Sanjana Varghese, Wired, 22 Dec. 2021 In the past week, a sheet of Nyiragongo’s magma infiltrated the shallow subsurface around the shores of Lake Kivu. Robin Andrews, Forbes, 31 May 2021 These instruments routinely record seismic waves traversing Earth’s crust and mantle and even bouncing off our planet’s core, yielding otherwise-unobtainable information about the subsurface. Jonathan O'callaghan, Scientific American, 28 July 2022 As other missions, including that of NASA's InSight lander, have shown, drilling down through the surface of planets like Mars is tough -- a little too tough to get more than a few inches into the subsurface. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 1 July 2022 The first says that the fluid pumped into the rock generates a pressure increase substantial enough to generate a new network of fractures in the subsurface rocks near the well. David Bressan, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021 Collapse can be expedited by a sudden influx of water into the subsurface, or by freezing and thawing. Dylan Taylor-lehman, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2021 And Uranus’s moons—could some of them have subsurface oceans? Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2022
Adjective
After analyzing that data, researchers had a subsurface picture of the rocks, clay and thermal liquid below Yellowstone. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2022 Evaluation protocols of subsurface measurements and training of all rig site personnel have improved the drilling economics of this geothermal project. Ian Palmer, Forbes, 19 May 2022 The team is set to land near the lunar south pole because previous evidence suggests that the area may contain subsurface water ice, per Gizmodo. Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2022 Shallow pools of subsurface water froze and fractured the surface again and again. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 22 Apr. 2022 This is an important scientific mission tasked with searching for ice at the south pole and using a one-meter drill to prospect for subsurface samples. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 Apr. 2022 In Greenland, the ridges formed when shallow pools of subsurface water froze, thawed and refroze, fracturing the surface over time, the Guardian reports. Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Apr. 2022 An antenna will be carried in a cart, pushed in a wheeled unit, or sledded over the ground to acquire subsurface information. The Editors, Outside Online, 8 Apr. 2015 According to the announcement, each NRT represents one tonne of CO2-equivalent heat-trapping gas that has been removed from our atmosphere and stored in a terrestrial, subsurface, industrial or aquatic reservoir. Jem Aswad, Variety, 24 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1775, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1875, in the meaning defined above

subsurface

adjective

as in subterranean
being, situated, or operating beneath the surface of the earth a sandy wasteland that gave little hint of its subsurface wealth

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • subterranean
  • underground
  • belowground

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • surface
  • aboveground
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