Word familynoundescriptiondescriberdescriptivenessdescriptivismdescriptoradjective describable ≠ indescribablenondescriptdescriptivedescribableverbdescribeadverbdescriptively
1DESCRIBEgiving a description of something 描写的,描绘的
the descriptive passages in the novel
小说中的描写性段落
2.SL technicaldescribing how the words of a language are actually used, rather than saying how they ought to be used 描述性的〔指描述词语的实际使用情况而不是规定它们该如何使用〕OPP prescriptive