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单词 describe
释义

describe

音标[di'skraib]

汉语翻译

vt. 描述, 描绘, 画

词型变化:

名词:describer 动词过去式:described 过去分词:described 现在分词:describing 第三人称单数:describes 形容词:describable 

词意辨析:

describe, represent, sketch, picture
这些动词均有“描写、描述”之意。
describe: 侧重指描述细节,给读者或听众提供清晰的视觉图像。
represent: 指有代表性或象征性地描述或讲述。
sketch: 指快速地勾勒或概略地叙述。
picture: 着重能够栩栩如生地把事物或场景等描绘出来。

英语解释:

动词 describe:

  1. give a description of
    同义词:depict, draw
  2. to give an account or representation of in words
    同义词:report, account
  3. identify as in botany or biology, for example
    同义词:identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, name
  4. make a mark or lines on a surface
    同义词:trace, draw, line, delineate

例句:

  1. The falling star described a long curve in the sky.
    流星在空中画出了一道长长的弧线。
  2. The police asked me to describe exactly how it happened.
    警察让我描述一下这事是怎样发生的。

详细解释:


de.scribe

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:
例句:
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:
例句:
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:
例句:
describe a circle with a compass.
用圆规画一个圆


来源:
Middle English describen
中古英语 describen
from Latin scrobere [to write down]
源自 拉丁语 scrobere [写下]
- [de-]
- [前缀,表.否定,相反.]
scrobere [to write] * see skrobh-
scrobere [写] *参见 skrobh-

【引伸】
describ.able
adj.(形容词)
describ.er
n.(名词)
<参考词汇><同义词>describe,narrate,recite,recount,rehearse,relate,reportThe 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.:
例句:
described the accident;
描述这场事故;

例句:
narrated their experiences in the Far East;
述说他们在远东的经历;

例句:
an explorer reciting her adventures;
叙说其冒险经历的探险者;

例句:
a mercenary recounting his exploits;
关于他的剥削的唯利是图的描述;

例句:
parents rehearsing the dangers the children faced;
父母们详述了孩子们面临的危险;

例句:
related the day`s events;
详述白天的事;

例句:
came back and reported what she had seen.
回来汇报其所见


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