Drilling technology has improved, allowing tunnels to be dug without breaking the surface.

在钻孔技术发达的今天，打通地下隧道已经不会伤及地表了。

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For a while they sat, and Suchen remembered the splash of a fish breaking the surface of the water, and two egrets taking off with unhurried elegance, one after the other.

她们坐了一会儿，苏晨还记得有鱼跃出水面，两只白鹭一先一后飞起来，姿态优雅从容。

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The MisterMesh? drainage rolls accelerate liquid removal by breaking the surface tension of conglomerated droplets of liquid thus increasing capacity and reducing pressure drop.

通过阻断聚集液体分子的表面张力加快速脱湿速度，并增加容量，减少压降。

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Despite their scarcity, they can easily be spied at these spots, breaking the surface in gentle arcs in pods of three or four.

ECONOMIST: The Mekong river

Puffs of dust were evidence of the ball breaking the surface of the pitch as it landed - and batting last should be awkward.

BBC: Jonathan Agnew column

For a while they sat, and Suchen remembered the splash of a fish breaking the surface of the water, and two egrets taking off with unhurried elegance, one after the other.

NEWYORKER: Alone