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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

descry

/dih-skrahy/US // dɪˈskraɪ //UK // (dɪˈskraɪ) //

探测,探测仪,探测到,探测到的

Related Words

disclose披露,公开,揭露,透露reveal揭示,揭露,显露,揭示的detect探测,侦查,检测,探测到determine确定,决定,判断,决定了spot斑点,地点,斑斑点点,斑perceive觉察到,觉察到的,感觉到,察觉到note备注,注,注意,说明espy望见,望文生义,窥视,望风see见,见的,见证,见识一下observe观察,遵守,观察一下,观测sight视线,视觉,视力,看见了behold看守所,看哪,看呐,看守所内discern识别,辨别,辨认,辨识

Definitions

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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbdiscover
Synonyms
behold看守所,看哪,看呐,看守所内detect探测,侦查,检测,探测到determine确定,决定,判断,决定了discern识别,辨别,辨认,辨识disclose披露,公开,揭露,透露espy望见,望文生义,窥视,望风note备注,注,注意,说明observe观察,遵守,观察一下,观测perceive觉察到,觉察到的,感觉到,察觉到reveal揭示,揭露,显露,揭示的see见,见的,见证,见识一下sight视线,视觉,视力,看见了spot斑点,地点,斑斑点点,斑

Examples

  • They can descry waveless water, seemingly as tranquil as a pond.

  • He looked hard into the branches and their wilderness of fresh leaves, but could descry nothing.

  • And yet, and yet—as I gazed I could descry a striking resemblance to our own waterhole except that this was more shut in.

  • He is so eager to descry differences, that he overlooks similarities—nay, identities.

  • They strung themselves out along the road, they went up to the hilltops, in order to descry the carriage sooner.

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