(1) 描述的(serving to describe) [无comp]：～writing/words 描述性文字/语言;a～passage in a novel 小说中一般描述性文字;write a～paragraph/article about sth 写一段话/一篇文章描述某事;a paragraph～of the scene 描写那景色的段落;give a～account of what happened 描述所发生的事情;

(2) 形象的，生动的(describing sth with skill)：the most～writing 最形象的文字;a very～account of a journey 对旅行非常生动的记述;The report/novel/words was(were) so～， it was as if I were there. 报导/小说/语言非常生动，我仿佛亲临其境。

(3) 描述性的(describing how language is actually used， without giving rules for how it ought to be used) [无comp](gram)：a～grammar of English英语描述语法;

←de′scribe v;

→de′scriptively adv 描述地;de′scrip-tiveness n 描述性