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单词 redescribe
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

redescribe

verb

as in to summarize

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • summarize
  • outline
  • suggest
  • touch off
  • sum up
  • vignette
  • trace
  • reimage
  • hint
  • report
  • display
  • exhibit
  • recount
  • describe
  • characterize
  • illustrate
  • silhouette
  • draft
  • narrate
  • relate
  • define
  • set out
  • show
  • tell
  • represent
  • demonstrate
  • recite
  • depict
  • delineate
  • label
  • sketch
  • portray
  • rehearse
  • limn
  • picture
  • paint
  • qualify
  • render
  • image
  • draw

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • distort
  • misrepresent
  • falsify
  • color
  • misstate
  • misdescribe
  • twist
  • warp
  • pervert
  • garble
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