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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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