descriptive
英[d?'skr?pt?v]
美[d?'skr?pt?v]
- adj. 描寫的，敘述的；描寫性的
英英釋意
- 1. serving to describe or inform or characterized by description;
- "the descriptive variable"
- "a descriptive passage"
- 2. concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents;
- "synchronic linguistics"
- "descriptive linguistics"
- 3. describing the structure of a language;
- "descriptive linguistics simply describes language"