description

中文： 描写、描述

1. A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species. (countable, uncountable) · give a verbal description of the events· a realistic description
2. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs. (countable, uncountable)
3. A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized. (countable, uncountable) · The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.
4. Sort, kind. (countable, uncountable) · A dealership with cars of every description
5. A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science. (countable, uncountable) · The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.
6. The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage. (countable, uncountable)
7. A descriptive linguistic survey. (countable, uncountable)

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