describe, represent, sketch, picture

動詞 describe:

1. give a description of
   同義詞：depict, draw
2. to give an account or representation of in words
   同義詞：report, account
3. identify as in botany or biology, for example
   同義詞：identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, name
4. make a mark or lines on a surface
   同義詞：trace, draw, line, delineate

1. The falling star described a long curve in the sky.
   流星在空中畫出了一道長長的弧線。
2. The police asked me to describe exactly how it happened.
   警察讓我描述一下這事是怎樣發(fā)生的。

de.scribe

v.tr.（及物動詞）
de.scribed,de.scrib.ing,de.scribes
To give an account of in speech or writing.
描述：口頭或書面描述
To convey an idea or impression of; characterize:
描述，刻畫：表達想法或感受；刻畫：
例句：
She described her childhood as a time of wonder and discovery.
她將她的少年時代描繪成一個充滿幻想和發(fā)現(xiàn)的時期

To represent pictorially; depict:
描繪：用畫描述；用畫表示：
例句：
Goya`s etchings describe the horrors of war in grotesque detail.
戈雅的版畫用詭異的風格描繪了戰(zhàn)爭的恐怖

To trace the form or outline of:
沿著…畫：
例句：
describe a circle with a compass.
用圓規(guī)畫一個圓

來源：
Middle English describen
中古英語 describen
from Latin dôscrobere [to write down]
源自 拉丁語 dôscrobere [寫下]
dô- [de-]
dô- [前綴，表.否定，相反.]
scrobere [to write] * see skrobh-
scrobere [寫] *參見 skrobh-

【引伸】
describ.able
adj.（形容詞）
describ.er
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>describe,narrate,recite,recount,rehearse,relate,reportThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to tell the facts, details, or particulars of something verbally or in writing.:
這些動詞共有的中心意思是.口頭或書面述說事實、細節(jié)或特殊之處.：
例句：
described the accident;
描述這場事故；

例句：
narrated their experiences in the Far East;
述說他們在遠東的經(jīng)歷；

例句：
an explorer reciting her adventures;
敘說其冒險經(jīng)歷的探險者；

例句：
a mercenary recounting his exploits;
關(guān)于他的剝削的唯利是圖的描述；

例句：
parents rehearsing the dangers the children faced;
父母們詳述了孩子們面臨的危險；

例句：
related the day`s events;
詳述白天的事；

例句：
came back and reported what she had seen.
回來匯報其所見