describe

动词 v.
中文释义
英 [dɪˈskɹaɪ̯b]|[dɪˈskɹɑjb]    美 [dɪˈskɹaɪ̯b]|[dɪˈskɹɑɪ̯b]|[dɪˈskɹɑɪ̯b]

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To represent in words. transitive
    — The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.
  2. To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out. transitive
    — to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle
  3. To give rise to a geometrical structure. transitive
    — The function describes a very complex surface.
  4. To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa. transitive
    — The fungus was first described by a botanist.
  5. To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class. obsolete,transitive
    — Passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book.

词形变化

describes present,singular,third-person describing participle,present described participle,past described past

词汇关系

近义词
betell depict report delineate describe draw chronicle explain narrate recount relate represent set forth state
反义词
burlesque caricature distort exaggerate misrepresent
上位词
speak write
下位词
recapitulate run over sum up summarize
衍生词
abovedescribed aforedescribed describability describee describer misdescribe overdescribe predescribe redescribe
相关词
describable description descriptive descriptivism descriptivist descriptor scribe

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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