describe
describe
verb
[with obj.]
describable
adjective
describer
noun
语源
verb
[with obj.]
- give an account in words of (someone or something), including all the relevant characteristics, qualities, or events
描述，形容（人，事）
the police said the man was described as white, 6 ft tall, with mousy, cropped hair.
警方说那男人据描述是白人，六英尺高，灰褐色平头短发。 - mark out or draw (a geometrical figure)
标示，画（几何图形）
on the diameter of a circle an equilateral triangle is described.
在圆的直径上画一等边三角形。
■move in a way which follows the outline of (an imaginary geometrical figure)
画出（想像的几何图形的）轮廓
a single light is seen to describe a circle.
有人看到一道亮光划了一个圆圈。
describable
adjective
describer
noun
语源
- late Middle English: from Latin describere, from de- 'down' + scribere 'write'
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