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描寫 — meaning in English

miáo xiě

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English meaning

  • delineate verb To draw the outer shape or outline of something.
  • depict verb To show or represent something through a picture, description, or performance.
  • description noun A written or spoken account of what something is like.

Senses

描寫 is used for these senses in English:

  • delineate To describe or depict with words or gestures.
  • depict To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means. [from early 15th c.]
  • description 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.

delineate — full definition

  1. verb To draw the outer shape or outline of something.
  2. verb To show something using pictures or images.
  3. verb To explain or show something using words or actions.
  4. verb To show the boundaries or main shape of something.
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