describe
[dis5kraib]
vt.
描写, 记述, 形容, 形容
v.
描述
describe
de.scribe
AHD:[d¹-skrºb“]
D.J.[d!6skra!b]
K.K.[d!6skra!b]
v.tr.（及物动词）
de.scribed,de.scrib.ing,de.scribes
To give an account of in speech or writing.
描述：口头或书面描述
To convey an idea or impression of; characterize:
描述，刻画：表达想法或感受；刻画：
She described her childhood as a time of wonder and discovery.
她将她的少年时代描绘成一个充满幻想和发现的时期
To represent pictorially; depict:
描绘：用画描述；用画表示：
Goya's etchings describe the horrors of war in grotesque detail.
戈雅的版画用诡异的风格描绘了战争的恐怖
To trace the form or outline of:
沿着…画：
describe a circle with a compass.
用圆规画一个圆
Middle English describen
中古英语 describen
from Latin d¶ºbere} [to write down]
源自 拉丁语 d¶ºbere} [写下]
d¶- [de-]
d¶- [前缀，表“否定，相反”]
scrºe [to write] * see skrºbh-
scrºe [写] *参见 skrºbh-
describ“able
adj.（形容词）
describ“er
n.（名词）
describe,narrate,recite,recount,rehearse,relate,report
The central meaning shared by these verbs is “to tell the facts, details, or particulars of something verbally or in writing”:
这些动词共有的中心意思是“口头或书面述说事实、细节或特殊之处”：
described the accident;
描述这场事故；
narrated their experiences in the Far East;
述说他们在远东的经历；
an explorer reciting her adventures;
叙说其冒险经历的探险者；
a mercenary recounting his exploits;
关于他的剥削的唯利是图的描述；
parents rehearsing the dangers the children faced;
父母们详述了孩子们面临的危险；
related the day's events;
详述白天的事；
came back and reported what she had seen.
回来汇报其所见
describe
/di'skraib; di'skraib/
v
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[Tn, Tw, Cn.n/a, Dn.pr, Dpr.w] ~ sb/sth (to/for sb); ~ sb/sth as sth say what sb/sth is like; depict sth in words 描述某人[某事物]; 叙述某事物; 形容:
* Words cannot describe the beauty of the scene. 那景色之美难以言传.
* Describe (to me) how you were received. （跟我）说说接待你的情况.
* She described it as red with pink frills. 她将之描述为红色的带有粉红色饰边.
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[Cn.n/a] ~ sb/sth as sth state sb/sth to be sth; call 叫做; 称做:
* I hesitate to describe him as really clever. 我很难说他真聪明.
* He describes himself as a doctor. 他自称是医生.
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[Tn] (a) draw
(esp a geometrical figure) 画（尤指几何图形）:
* describe a circle with a pair of compasses 用圆规画圆.
(b) move along (a line, curve, etc) 沿（直线、 曲线等）移动:
* A bullet describes a curved path in the air. 子弹在空中作曲线运动.
参考资料：金山词霸
