单词 | descriptive |
释义 | descriptive —descriptively, adv. —descriptiveness, n. /di skrip"tiv/, adj. 1. having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay. 2. - a. Gram. (of an adjective or other modifier) expressing a quality of the word it modifies, as fresh in fresh milk. Cf. limiting. b. (of a clause) nonrestrictive. Cf. restrictive (def. 4). 3. noting, concerned with, or based upon the fact or experience. 4. characterized by or based upon the classification and description of material in a given field: descriptive botany. [1745-55; < LL descriptivus, equiv. to L descript(us) (see DESCRIPTION) + -ivus -IVE] |
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