description

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species. countable,uncountable
    — give a verbal description of the events
  2. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs. countable,uncountable
  3. A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized. countable,uncountable
    — The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.
  4. A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science. countable,uncountable
    — The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.
  5. The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage. countable,uncountable
  6. A descriptive linguistic survey. countable,uncountable

词形变化

descriptions plural

词汇关系

衍生词
audiodescription audio description beggar description charge description master descriptional descriptionally descriptionism descriptionist descriptionistic description language descriptionless description logic description word hardware description language ideographic description sequence job description metadescription misdescription nondescription nondescriptional of any description of some description overdescription redescription videodescription video description
相关词
describe descriptive prescription descriptivism synopsis interpretation

词源

From Middle English descripcioun, from Old French description and its etymon, Latin dēscrīptiō, noun of action of dēscrībō (“to describe”). Equivalent to describe + -tion.
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