| 词汇 | descry |
| 释义 | descry verb[ T ] old use or literaryuk /dɪˈskraɪ/ us /dɪˈskraɪ/ to see or notice something or someone: 看见，望见 Miss Bates, passing near the window, descried Mr Knightley on horseback not far off.贝茨小姐从窗口走过，看见奈特利先生骑着马就在不远处。 Using the eyes accommodate accommodation all eyes are on someone/somethingidiom astigmatic beholder cast corner discern fix glare penetrating perceive re-sight rest on someone/something resurvey rubbernecking scope sighting spot tab Examples of descrydescry If hostile voices consistently described luxury in terms of dissipation, corruption and aimlessness, it requires little effort to descry the principal object of critics' musical animus. I think they can only descry them in virtue of the elementary blunders which they themselves have made. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We descry the many defects in their labours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some even believed that they could descry hair, limbs, and whole bodies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. And, through her drawers the powerful charm descry'd. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Danforth descried him as very bright... ebullient... From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. And when they descried us only 400 paces away, and our cavalry making ready to charge, they threw down their pikes and surrendered to the horsemen. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Graham has descried stigmatising language, prejudiced clinicians, and dangerous myths. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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