describes

英 [dɪˈskraɪbz]

美 [dɪˈskraɪbz]

v.  描述; 形容; 把…称为; 做…运动; 画出…图形; 形成…形状
describe的第三人称单数

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。

双语例句

• Marty of New York describes herself as a straight female.
  纽约的马蒂称自己不是女同性恋者。
• This paper describes the background, scope, and some of the concepts behind this new capability.
  本文描述了背景、范围和此新功能背后的一些概念。
• Dr Williams describes it as a potential wonder drug.
  威廉斯医生称其可能会成为特效药。
• He describes himself as just a regular guy from suburban Chicago.
  他说自己就是一个从芝加哥郊区来的普通人。
• Gardner describes the book as 'the product of a diseased and evil mind'.
  加德纳称这本书为“一个病态恶魔的作品”。
• This paper describes form, use, structure and recovery on of its measurement.
  经过实船测绘，现就船型、用途、结构和复原问题发表一得之见。
• This describes how the service interfaces are implemented.
  它描述了服务接口是如何实现的。
• The article describes his impressions while working in geneva.
  文章抒写了他在日内瓦工作时的感受。
• Robert Tanitch describes the film as 'deeply compassionate'.
  罗伯特·塔尼说这部电影“非常感人”。
• This describes the interfaces of the service, including data types and data structures.
  它描述了服务的接口，包括数据类型和数据结构。