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描寫 — meaning in English

miáo xiě

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English meaning

  • delineate verb To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.
  • 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 sketch out, draw or trace an outline.
  2. verb To depict, represent with pictures.
  3. verb To describe or depict with words or gestures.
  4. verb To outline or mark out.

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