Spray rose up from the surface of the water.

水花从水面上溅起来。

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The water is usually naturally occurring groundwater that seeps down along fractures in the rock; less typically, the water is artificially introduced by being pumped down from the surface.

水通常是自然形成的地下水，沿着岩石的裂缝渗出；不那么典型的是，水是通过从地表抽水而人工引入的。

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Samples taken from the surface of the seabed are not very reliable.

他同时说：“从海底表面获得的沙石样本并不可靠。

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One hundred forty meters from the surface, the astronauts took control of the lander from the computer.

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So, one difference between photoelectron spectroscopy and, for example, the photoelectric effect is that in this case, we're not just looking at one energy level, which is what we were looking at from the surface of a metal, now we're talking about this gaseous atom.

光电子能谱与光电效应的不同点在于，以这种情况为例，我们不只关心一个能级，就像原来在金属表面那样，现在我们研究的是气体原子，所以，我们可以从原子中。

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First is that the ear develops from the surface layer of the embryo.

耳朵是由,胚胎的外胚层发育来了。

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Medics are pumping down air from the surface with a 18 to 22 percent oxygen mix.

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From the surface, the Feather case by Incipio looks like the two aforementioned ones.

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The conflict, the drama, the personal slights of 1968 were never far from the surface.

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