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单词 resurface
释义
resurface
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To resurface is to cover something with a fresh coat, like to resurface a road with new asphalt. It also means to come back, like a problem you wanted to forget or a monster in a movie that won’t die.
You can resurface a birthday cake with another layer of frosting if you discover your brother has stuck his finger in the original buttercream. Another way to resurface is to emerge or appear again, sometimes above an actual surface, like when a dolphin dives under water and then resurfaces several minutes later. The dream you forgot when you woke up might also (figuratively) resurface later in the day.
WORD FAMILY
resurface: resurfaced, resurfaces, resurfacing+/surface: resurface, subsurface, surfaced, surfacely, surfaces, surfacing, undersurface/surfacing: surfacings
USAGE EXAMPLES
After Killinger resurfaced here, few wanted to be seen with him.
Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016)
One of these tributes is a newly resurfaced, 15-second scene cut from Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Time(Dec 28, 2016)
Nearby, a paving crew was preparing to resurface a portion of the lot.
The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016)
1v cover with a new surface
Hyper
coat, surface
put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
2v appear again
The missing man suddenly resurfaced in New York
Hyper
re-emerge, reappear
appear again
3v reappear on the surface
Hyper
come up, rise, rise up, surface
come to the surface
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