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单词 redescribing
释义

redescribe

verb

re·​de·​scribe ˌrē-di-ˈskrīb How to pronounce redescribe (audio)
redescribed; redescribing; redescribes

transitive verb

: to describe anew or again
especially : to give a new and more complete description to (a biological taxon)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Her own project is not to erase those incisions—or even, as a child might hope, to heal them—but to retrace and redescribe them. Kamran Javadizadeh, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1806, in the meaning defined above

redescribing

verb

present participle of redescribe
as in summarizing

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • summarizing
  • outlining
  • tracing
  • reimaging
  • suggesting
  • hinting
  • recounting
  • drafting
  • touching off
  • summing up
  • reporting
  • displaying
  • exhibiting
  • describing
  • narrating
  • relating
  • characterizing
  • showing
  • illustrating
  • vignetting
  • defining
  • silhouetting
  • telling
  • labeling
  • representing
  • reciting
  • rehearsing
  • demonstrating
  • painting
  • rendering
  • depicting
  • sketching
  • portraying
  • labelling
  • limning
  • setting out
  • imaging
  • delineating
  • qualifying
  • picturing
  • drawing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • misrepresenting
  • distorting
  • falsifying
  • twisting
  • misdescribing
  • warping
  • misstating
  • coloring
  • perverting
  • garbling
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