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单词 redescribes
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

redescribes

verb

present tense third-person singular of redescribe
as in sums up

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • sums up
  • reimages
  • summarizes
  • touches off
  • outlines
  • hints
  • suggests
  • vignettes
  • displays
  • traces
  • sets out
  • exhibits
  • reports
  • recounts
  • silhouettes
  • shows
  • drafts
  • describes
  • illustrates
  • characterizes
  • represents
  • narrates
  • recites
  • tells
  • relates
  • demonstrates
  • qualifies
  • sketches
  • defines
  • depicts
  • labels
  • pictures
  • renders
  • paints
  • portrays
  • images
  • rehearses
  • delineates
  • limns
  • draws

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • colors
  • falsifies
  • distorts
  • misrepresents
  • misdescribes
  • misstates
  • twists
  • perverts
  • warps
  • garbles
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