descriptive

英 [d?'skr?pt?v] 美[d?'skr?pt?v]
  • adj. 描寫的，敘述的；描寫性的

英英釋意

1. serving to describe or inform or characterized by description;
"the descriptive variable"
"a descriptive passage"
2. concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents;
"synchronic linguistics"
"descriptive linguistics"
3. describing the structure of a language;
"descriptive linguistics simply describes language"