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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
  1. 1

    de·scried, de·scry·ing.

    • : to see by looking carefully; discern; espy: The lookout descried land.
    • : to discover; ascertain; detect.

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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.