Слово англійською: describe

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describe

verb
/dɪˈskraɪb/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they describe
/dɪˈskraɪb/
he / she / it describes
/dɪˈskraɪbz/
past simple described
/dɪˈskraɪbd/
past participle described
/dɪˈskraɪbd/
-ing form describing
/dɪˈskraɪbɪŋ/
  1. to say what somebody/something is like
    • describe somebody/something The next section describes our findings in detail.
    • to describe a method/process/situation
    • describe somebody/something to somebody Can you describe him to me?
    • describe somebody/something for somebody They described for us exactly what happened.
    • describe somebody/something as something The man was described as tall and dark, and aged about 20.
    • describe yourself as something She describes herself as an artist.
    • describe how, what, etc… Describe how you did it.
    • Words cannot describe what I felt at that moment.
    • describe doing something Witnesses described seeing strange lights in the sky.
    Express Yourself Describing a pictureDescribing a pictureIn some exams, you have to describe what you see in a picture or photograph. Here are some useful phrases:
      • The picture shows a family gathered around a kitchen table.
      • This is a photo of a busy city street.
      • In the foreground, we can see a group of protesters.
      • In the background, there are some trees.
      • In the top left-hand corner, there's a child sitting alone.
      • On the right, someone is standing with a bunch of flowers in his hand.
      • In the cartoon, we can see two people looking at a newspaper headline.
      • The cartoonist has drawn the man to represent a typical businessman.
  2. describe something (formal or specialist) to make a movement that has a particular shape; to form a particular shape
    • The shark described a circle around the shoal of fish.
    • The road describes a long loop around the town.
  3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin describere, from de- ‘down’ + scribere ‘write’.
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