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Description 2185.Description 英 Dɪ'Skrɪpʃ(ə)N]美 Dɪ'Skrɪpʃən 释义 N 描述,描写;类型;说明书

正面 2185.description
英 [dɪ'skrɪpʃ(ə)n]美 [dɪ'skrɪpʃən]

背面
释义:
n. 描述,描写;类型;说明书
例句:
1. We were in a disaster situation that defies description.我们陷入了难以言表的糟糕处境。

1、per- "thoroughly" + -ceiv- + -e.2、literally "take entirely".3、figuratively "grasp with the mind, learn, comprehend, recognize, notice".4、如今,在英语里只使用其比喻义、引申义。

description (n.)late 14c., from Old French description (12c.) and directly from Latin descriptionem (nominative descriptio) "representation, description, copy," noun of action from past participle stem of describere "write down, transcribe, copy, sketch," from de- "down" (see de-) + scribere "write" (see script (n.))."

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