describe[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:
- give a description of同义词：depict, draw
- to give an account or representation of in words同义词：report, account
- identify as in botany or biology, for example同义词：identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, name
- make a mark or lines on a surface同义词：trace, draw, line, delineate
例句
- 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。
- 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 dôscrobere [to write down] 源自 拉丁语 dôscrobere [写下] dô- [de-] dô- [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,report同义词>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.： 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