descried
/dih-skrahy/US // dɪˈskraɪ //UK // (dɪˈskraɪ) //
描述的,所描述的,描述,所述
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v.有主动词 verb
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de·scried, de·scry·ing.
- : to see by looking carefully; discern; espy: The lookout descried land.
- : to discover; ascertain; detect.
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verbdiscover
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Examples
Charles Lamb once, while riding in company with a lady, descried a party denuded for swimming a little way off.
But he was wrong, for she descried the novel screen of the old dress which floated round the man's head as a kind of turban.
No doubt he descried in the movement a chance for a diversion of the public mind from obnoxious topics.
Just as the tug was making in at the village pier, Hal descried the figure of Captain Foster just stepping on to the pier.
After about half an hour we heard voices ahead, and descried the shapes of horses and men.
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