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BNC: 398 COCA: 568

describe

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describe /dɪˈskraɪb/ verb
describes; described; describing
describe
/dɪˈskraɪb/
verb
describes; described; describing
Learner's definition of DESCRIBE
[+ object]
: to tell someone the appearance, sound, smell, events, etc., of (something or someone) : to say what something or someone is like描述;形容;叙述
often + as
formal : to make a motion or draw a line that shows the shape of (something)画出…图形;做出…的形状

— describable

/dɪˈskraɪbəbəl/ adjective
BNC: 398 COCA: 568

describe

verb

de·​scribe di-ˈskrīb How to pronounce describe (audio)
described; describing

transitive verb

1
: to represent or give an account of in words
describe a picture
The police asked her to describe the thief.
There were so many things he wanted to describe James Joyce
2
: to represent by a figure, model, or picture : delineate
described in her paintings what she saw from her window
3
obsolete : distribute
4
: to trace or traverse the outline of
describe a circle
5
archaic : observe, perceive
describable adjective
describer noun

Example Sentences

The witness wasn't able to describe the robber. He described the house in perfect detail. The article describes how the experiment was done. She described watching dolphins play beside the ship. Please describe what happened next. Can you describe the lost dog to me? She used a stick to describe a circle on the ground. See More
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Latin describere, from de- + scribere to write — more at scribe

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of describe was in the 15th century
BNC: 398 COCA: 568
describe

verb

ADVERB | VERB + DESCRIBE ADVERBaccurately, exactly, in detail準確地描述;精確地敍述;詳細地描寫Their daily lives are described in detail.他們的日常生活得到詳細的描述。aptly, well描寫得恰到好處/很出色clearly, simply清楚地/簡單地描述fully完整地描述This process is fully described in section three of the book.這本書第三部份完整地描述了這一過程。adequately充分地描述briefly簡要地描述He described briefly what happened.他簡要地描述了事情的經過。vividly生動地描述variously以各種不同的方式描述The shirt was variously described as 'pink', 'salmon' and 'rose'.這件襯衫的顏色有不同的說法,有的說是粉紅色,有的說是淺橙色,還有的說是玫瑰紅。VERB + DESCRIBEcannot不能描述Words cannot describe our feelings at that moment.我們當時的感覺無法用言語描述出來。be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to難以描述;不可能描述go on to轉而敍述He goes on to describe vividly how Lincoln was assassinated.他轉而用生動的語言描述了林肯是如何被暗殺的。

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