describe

詳細解釋：

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現的時期

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.
用圓規畫一個圓

來源：
Middle English describen
中古英文 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）
<參考辭彙><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歷；

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

例句：
a mercenary recounting his exploits;
關於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