describe

英 [dɪˈskraɪb]

美 [dɪˈskraɪb]

v.  描述; 形容; 把…称为; 做…运动; 画出…图形; 形成…形状

过去分词：described　过去式：described　第三人称单数：describes　现在分词：describing　

中考高考CET4CET6考研IELTSTEM4

Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.398 / COCA.568

同义词辨析

describedetailexplainnarrate【导航词义：描述，叙述】

牛津词典

verb

• 描述；形容；把…称为
  to say what sb/sth is like
  1. Can you describe him to me?
     你能向我描述一下他的样子吗？
  2. The man was described as tall and dark, and aged about 20.
     据描述这男人高个子，深色皮肤，年龄在20岁左右。
  3. Jim was described by his colleagues as ‘unusual’.
     吉姆被同事们称为“不寻常”的人。
  4. Describe how you did it.
     谈谈你是怎样做这事的。
  5. Several people described seeing strange lights in the sky.
     好几个人都说看到天上出现了奇异光芒。
• 做…运动；画出…图形；形成…形状
  to make a movement which has a particular shape; to form a particular shape
  1. The shark described a circle around the shoal of fish.
     这条鲨鱼围绕着鱼群游动。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 描述;描写;形容;叙述
  If youdescribea person, object, event, or situation, you say what they are like or what happened.
  1. We asked her to describe what kind of things she did in her spare time...
     我们请她描述一下她业余时间都在做什么。
  2. She broke down describing how she was arrested for refusing a breath test...
     她在叙述自己如何因为拒绝接受呼吸测试而被捕时再也控制不住情绪。
  3. She read a poem by Carver which describes their life together...
     她读了一首卡弗描写他们共同生活的诗。
  4. The myth of Narcissus is described in Ovid's work...
     有关那喀索斯的神话故事在奥维德的作品中有过描述。
  5. Just before his death he described seeing their son in a beautiful garden.
     就在临终前他说看到他们的儿子在一个美丽的花园里。
• VERB 把…说成;把…称为;认为
  If a persondescribessomeone or somethingasa particular thing, he or she believes that they are that thing and says so.
  1. He described it as an extraordinarily tangled and complicated tale...
     他说那是一个非常曲折复杂的故事。
  2. Eriksson described him as 'the best player on the pitch'...
     埃里克森称他是“场上最好的球员”。
  3. Andrew describes her as a large, bony and masculine woman...
     安德鲁说她是一个瘦骨嶙峋、男人模样的大块头女人。
  4. Even his closest allies describe him as forceful, aggressive and determined...
     即使他最亲密的盟友也认为他强硬决断、咄咄逼人，不达目的誓不罢休。
  5. He described the meeting as marking a new stage in the peace process.
     他称这次会议标志着和平进程进入了一个新阶段。
• VERB 描画，画出(图形);形成…的形状
  If somethingdescribesa particular shape, it forms that shape or makes a movement that follows the line of that shape.
  1. His pass described a perfect arc through the leaden sky.
     他的传球在阴沉的天空中划出了一道完美的弧线。

When you usedescribewith an indirect object, you must puttoin front of the indirect object.He later described to me what he had found... Could you describe the man to the police?You do not say, for example, 'He described me what he had found'.
describe 接间接宾语时，间接宾语前必须加 to：He later described to me what he had found (他后来向我描述了他所发现的东西)，Could you describe the man to the police (你能向警察形容一下那人的模样吗)。不要说 He described me what he had found。

英英释义

verb

• identify as in botany or biology, for example
  Synonym:identifydiscoverkeykey outdistinguishname
• to give an account or representation of in words
  1. Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
  Synonym:reportaccount
• give a description of
  1. He drew an elaborate plan of attack
  Synonym:depictdraw
• make a mark or lines on a surface
  1. draw a line
  2. trace the outline of a figure in the sand
  Synonym:tracedrawlinedelineate

双语例句

• I cannot describe the feeling of contentment that was with me at that time.
  我无法描述当时我满足的感觉。
• The slim booklets describe a range of services and facilities
  这些薄薄的小册子介绍了一系列服务和设施。
• The myth of Narcissus is described in Ovid's work
  有关那喀索斯的神话故事在奥维德的作品中有过描述。
• His pass described a perfect arc through the leaden sky.
  他的传球在阴沉的天空中划出了一道完美的弧线。
• Just before his death he described seeing their son in a beautiful garden.
  就在临终前他说看到他们的儿子在一个美丽的花园里。
• His many admirers describe him as clever: his enemies as too clever by half.
  崇拜他的人很多说他聪明；恨他的人则说他聪明过了头。
• In this section we will describe common myths about cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana
  在这一节，我们将说明有关烟、酒和大麻的常见谬论。
• Globalisation is a catch-all to describe increased international trade
  “全球化”是个泛称，用以描述增进了的国际贸易。
• In Chapter 3, I shall describe some of the documentation that I gathered
  在第三章，我会介绍我收集到的一些文献记录。
• The word 'lunatic' was coined to describe people who went mad at the full moon.
  lunatic是个生造词，用来形容月圆时发疯的人。