de.scribe
describe的音标和读音:
DJ音标发音: [diˈskraib]
KK音标发音: [dɪˈskraɪb]
describe的词性:
v.tr.(及物动词)
1. To give an account of in speech or writing.
描述:口头或书面描述
2. 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
3. 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
4. To trace the form or outline of:
沿着…画:
describe a circle with a compass.
用圆规画一个圆
describe的词源:
5. Middle English describen
中古英语 describen
6. from Latin d?scrobere [to write down]
源自 拉丁语 d?scrobere [写下]
7. d?- [de-]
d?- [前缀,表“否定,相反”]
8. scrobere [to write] * see skrobh-
scrobere [写] *参见 skrobh-
describe的词性:
adj.(形容词)
describe的词性:
n.(名词)
describe, narrate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report
9. 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.
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