descriptive
US
UK descriptive adj: (language: describing) (语言)
SC 描写的，描述的 miáo xiě de ，miáo shù de
The book's descriptive passages are long and tedious.
descriptive adj: (grammar: not prescriptive) (语法)
SC 非限定性的 fēi xiàn dìng xìng de
I like a dictionary that is up-to-date and purely descriptive.
descriptive adj: (grammar: adjectival) (语法)
SC 形容的，描述的 xíng róng de ，miáo shù de
In English, short descriptive modifiers precede the noun.
- firsthand
- firsting
- first lady
- first language
- first light
- first love
- firstly
- first mate
- first name
- first-naming
- first night
- first of all
- first off
- first officer
- first past the post
- first-past-the-post
- first person
- first prize
- first-rate
- first responder
- first run
- first sight
- first thing
- first things first
- first-time