describe
vt. 描述, 描绘, 画
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词形变化
教材释义与例句
描述，形容；描绘
to say what something or someone is like by giving details about them
The police asked her to describe the man.
警察叫她描述一下那名男子。
Another approach to the problem is described in Chapter 3.
这个问题的另一种解决方法在第三章有所阐述。
释义与例句
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1.
To represent in words.
描述
描写
形容
及物The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.
The geographer describes countries and cities.
Several witnesses describe seeing lights in the sky that night.
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2.
To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.
及物to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle
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3.
To give rise to a geometrical structure.
及物 数学The function describes a very complex surface.
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4.
To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa.
及物 生物The fungus was first described by a botanist.
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5.
To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
废旧 及物
词汇关系
词源
From Middle English descriven, from Old French descrivre, from Latin dēscrībō (“to copy off, transcribe, sketch off, describe in painting or writing”), from dē (“off”) + scrībō (“write”); see scribe and shrive. Displaced native Old English āmearcian.
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