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 de·scrip·tive /dɪˈskrɪptɪv/
 (a.)描述的,描寫的,說明的

 descriptive
 描述

 De·scrip·tive a.  Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age.
 Descriptive anatomy, that part of anatomy which treats of the forms and relations of parts, but not of their textures.
 Descriptive geometry, that branch of geometry. which treats of the graphic solution of problems involving three dimensions, by means of projections upon auxiliary planes.
 -- De*scrip*tive*ly, adv. -- De*scrip*tive*ness, n.
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 descriptive
      adj 1: serving to describe or inform or characterized by
             description; "the descriptive variable"; "a
             descriptive passage" [ant: undescriptive]
      2: concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a
         particular period without considering historical
         antecedents; "synchronic linguistics"; "descriptive
         linguistics" [syn: synchronic] [ant: diachronic]
      3: describing the structure of a language; "descriptive
         linguistics simply describes language" [ant: prescriptive]