descry
英 [dɪ'skraɪ]
美[dɪ'skraɪ]
- vt. 看见；发现；察看
英英释义
- 1. catch sight of
实用场景例句
- I descry a sail on the horizon.
- 我看见在天水交接处的轮船.
辞典例句
- In this beautiful sunset photo, I seem to descry the wings of the angel.
- 在美丽日落照片中, 我好像看到天使的翅膀.
期刊摘选
- Learn to foster an ardent imagination; so shall you descry beauty which others unheeded.
- 学会培养炽热的想象力, 这样你就能发现别人视而不见的美.
期刊摘选
中文词源
descry 突然看到
des-, 强调。cry, 尖叫。引申词义突然看到，尖叫。
助记提示
1. des- + cry.
2. describe => descry.
2. describe => descry.
双语例句
- 1. I descry a sail on the horizon.
- 我看见在天水交接处的轮船.
来自辞典例句
- 2. In this beautiful sunset photo, I seem to descry the wings of the angel.
- 在美丽日落照片中, 我好像看到天使的翅膀.
来自互联网
- 3. Learn to foster an ardent imagination; so shall you descry beauty which others unheeded.
- 学会培养炽热的想象力, 这样你就能发现别人视而不见的美.
来自互联网
英文词源
- descry (v.1)
- "to see, discern," c. 1300, probably from Old French descrier "publish" (Modern French décrier), from Latin describere (see describe).
- descry (v.2)
- "to proclaim," mid-14c., from Old French descrier, from des- (see dis-) + crier, from Latin quiritare (see cry (v.)).
词态变化
第三人称单数: descries;过去式: descried;过去分词: descried;现在分词: descrying;