名詞 description:

1. a statement that represents something in words
   同義詞：verbal description
2. the act of describing something
3. sort or variety

1. The West Lake was beautiful beyond description.
   西湖美得難以描述。
2. The newspaper article gave a graphic description of the earthquake.
   報(bào)紙文章生動(dòng)地描述了地震的情況。
3. This girl gave a vivid description of the event.
   那女孩對(duì)這件事作了一番生動(dòng)的描述。
4. The beauty of the sunrise is beyond description.
   日出的美景難以描述。
5. The supermarket sells goods of all descriptions.
   超級(jí)市場(chǎng)銷(xiāo)售各種貨物。

de.scrip.tion

n.（名詞）
The act, process, or technique of describing.
描述：描述的行為，過(guò)程或技術(shù)
A statement or an account describing something:
聲明，敘述：描述某事的聲明或敘述：
例句：
published a description of her travels; gave a vivid description of the game.
出版她的游記；關(guān)于這場(chǎng)比賽的生動(dòng)描述

A pictorial representation:
用畫(huà)表示：
例句：
Monet`s ethereal descriptions of haystacks and water lilies.
莫內(nèi)關(guān)于干干草垛和睡蓮的精妙描繪

A kind or sort:
一種，一類(lèi)：
例句：
cars of every size and description.
各種大小和類(lèi)型的小汽車(chē)

來(lái)源：
Middle English descripcioun
中古英語(yǔ) descripcioun
from Anglo-Norman
源自 英法語(yǔ)
from Latin dôscroptiô dôscroptiôn-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) dôscroptiô dôscroptiôn-
from dôscroptus [past participle of] dôscrobere [to write down] * see describe
源自 dôscroptus [] dôscrobere的過(guò)去分詞 [寫(xiě)下] *參見(jiàn) describe