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单词 defy description
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Example sentences
defy description

There is something raw and pure about the desert that defies description.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The skill of the craftsman who made it defies description.
BRITAIN BC: Life In Britain and Ireland before the Romans (2003)
What she saw defied reasonable description.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)

Definition of 'description'
description

(dɪskrɪpʃən)Explore 'description' in the dictionary
variable noun
A description of someone or something is an account which explains what they are or what they look like.

Definition of 'defy'
defy

(dɪfaɪ)Explore 'defy' in the dictionary
verb [no passive, no cont]
If something defies description or understanding, it is so strange, extreme, or surprising that it is almost impossible to understand or explain.

COBUILD Collocations
defy description

apt description
defy description
detailed description
fair description
graphic description
match the description
vivid description
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