describe是什么意思

短语搭配

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(1)describe ... as ...将...描述为...

(2)describe in detail详细描述

(3)describe as描述为；把…称为；把…说成

(4)briefly describe简要描述

(5)accurately describe精确地描述

(6)fully describe充分描述

(7)precisely describe精确地描述；精准的描述

(8)vividly describe生动地描写；生动地描述

(9)describe method描述方法

(10)describe content描述内容

(11)describe relationship描述关系

(12)describe background描述背景

(13)describe experience描述经历；叙述经验

(14)describe scene描述场景；描绘场景；描述景色

(15)describe result描述结果

双语例句

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(1)Lucy described a circle along the edge of the bowl.

露西沿着碗的边缘画了一个圆。

(2)I described an oval on the paper.

我在纸上画了一个椭圆形。

(3)Can you describe what happened?

你能描述一下发生了什么吗？

(4)The man was described as tall and dark, and aged about 20.

据描述这男人高个子 深色皮肤 年龄在20岁左右

(5)Sometimes she doesn't know how to describe her feelings.

有时她不知道该如何形容她的感受。

(6)Can you describe what the thief looked like?

你能描述一下那个小偷长什么样吗?

(7)Describe this picture and use some of the words that we learned today.

用我们今天学到的单词描述这幅图。

(8)Describe your first impression of the performance overall.

请概述一下你对演出的总体印象。

(9)Vibrant doesn't describe this place at all! Dull is more like it.

“充满活力”根本不能用来描述这个地方！“枯燥乏味”更合适。

(10)Poets often use symbols like water to describe the transitory nature of life.

诗人经常使用水来象征生命的短暂。

(11)Could you describe the suspect's facial features?

你能描述一下嫌疑人的面部特征吗？

(12)Describe for us a situation in which you had to rely on principles to make a decision.

请给我们描述一种情况，在这种情况下，你必须依靠原则来作出决定。

(13)Hmm. Well, can you describe what you think makes the logo look too "corporate" right now?

嗯。那你觉得现在logo的设计哪里看起来企业气？

(14)Are you a Libra? Does this lesson describe you?

你是天秤座的吗？今天这课所描述的像你吗？

(15)If you are a Scorpio, does today’s lesson describe you?

天蝎座的用户们，今天的描述像你吗？

(16)Can you describe him to me?

你能向我描述一下他的样子吗？

(17)A lexicographer's job is to describe the language.

词典编纂者的工作就是对语言加以描述。

(18)The book goes on to describe his experiences in the army.

本书继而描述了他在部队的经历。

(19)His novels nicely describe life in Britain between the wars.

他的小说细致地描述了两次大战之间英国的生活状况。

(20)It's hard to find enough superlatives to describe this book.

用再多的盛赞之辞也难以描述这本书。

同义词

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vt. 描述，形容；描绘

词根词缀

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同前缀词 de- 完全, 加强

(1)devote v. 将（时间；精力）用于（人；活动；事业）上；尽心竭力于…；降祸于；诅咒

(2)deterrent n. 威慑力量；吓阻力量；制止力量；威慑物；核威慑

(3)declare v. 断言；宣称；申报；宣布结束赛局；叫（牌）定约；求爱；宣布参选；宣告；宣布；宣告（或宣布）…为

(4)depend v. 视…而定；决定于；信赖；依靠；垂下；低垂；依赖；从属

(5)desperate adj. 绝望的；无望的；危急的；危险的；孤注一掷的；极少成功希望的；极端恶劣的；严重的；极差的；极坏的

(6)defuse v. 拆除…雷管；缓解

(7)deject v. 使沮丧；使灰心；使情绪低落

(8)decide v. 决定；拿定主意；决心；裁决；判决；选定；对…作出决定；解决

(9)decay v. 腐坏；腐败；衰减；衰退；衰微；使腐坏；使腐烂；坍塌失修；坏损；衰变

(10)debate n. 正式讨论；争论；辩论；讨论；论战

(11)deride v. 对…表示轻蔑；嘲笑

(12)detergent n. 洗涤剂；清洁剂；去垢剂；清洁添加剂

(13)detention n. 拘留；课后留校

(14)defect n. 缺点；缺陷；缺乏

(15)detract v. 贬损；贬低；抹杀；转移；分散；使分心；否认（或淡化）（某种品质或成就）以贬低

(16)denote v. 表示；指示；作为…名称

(17)deception n. 欺诈；行骗；骗局；圈套

(18)desolate adj. 无人烟的；荒凉的；凄凉的；孤独的；不幸的；痛苦的

(19)interdependence n. 互相依赖

(20)decline v. 变小；变少；减少；降低；谢绝；婉言拒绝；下沉；使（名词；代词；形容词）变化词形

(21)devolve v. 移交；下放；分裂；转移；被继承；衰落

(22)deplete v. 减少；缩减；使精疲力竭

(23)depart v. 启程；离开；背离；离

(24)depreciate v. 贬值；跌价；贬低；轻视；降低…的价值

(25)defile v. 玷污；损伤；污损；弄脏；以单列纵队行进；侮辱；亵渎

(26)devious adj. 不光明正大的；狡诈的；阴险的；迂回曲折的

(27)deform v. 使变形；变形；变畸形

(28)deciduous adj. 每年落叶的；阔叶的；脱落的

(29)decentralize v. 分；放；使（大型组织的）部门下放

(30)delicious adj. 美味的；令人愉快的

(31)demand n. 强制性要求；要求；紧迫的要求；需求

(32)delude v. 欺骗；迷惑

(33)decrease v. 减少；减小；减弱；降低；使减少；使减小；使减弱；使降低

(34)debunk v. 拆穿；揭穿；消减…名过其实的声誉

(35)detour n. 迂回路；绕行的路；临时绕行道路

(36)debase v. 贬低；降低；降低（人）的道德品质；降低（铸币）的成色

(37)deflate v. 给…放气；使泄气；紧缩；泄气；瘪掉；消气；减缓

(38)deduction n. 减除；扣除；演绎；推理；扣除额；推演结论

(39)deflect v. 使偏离；使偏斜；使转向；转向；改向；使（人）改变目的；使（物）转向；使改向

(40)deposit n. 存款；保证金；定金；沉积物；沉淀；放置；押金；竞选押金

(41)detain v. 拘留；扣押；吸引…注意力以羁绊；使（病人；伤员）留院治疗

(42)demonstrate v. 证明；证实；参加游行；演示；显示；表露；表现

(43)detail n. 细节；军人小分队；细枝末节；细部的处理；个人资料；次要部分；装饰细部；局部；细部的风格；细部

(44)despair n. 绝望；无望

(45)deceive v. 欺骗；对…行骗；欺骗自己；自欺；使得给出错误印象；误导；对（固定性伴侣）不忠

(46)deceptive adj. 骗人的；迷惑人的；误导的

(47)dethrone v. 废黜；使（从权威或优势地位）下台

(48)decompose v. 腐败；腐烂；使变质；使腐烂；分解；使…分解

(49)deliver v. 投递；送交；递送；讲；发表；给…接生；生产；释放；分娩；交割

(50)description n. 描述；描写；形容；类别

(51)detect v. 发现；识别；查明；调查；察觉

(52)depress v. 使沮丧；使消沉；压低；拉下；使…萧条；使不景气；抑制；压抑

(53)despicable adj. 可憎的；可鄙的

(54)despise v. 鄙视；厌恶

(55)demoralize v. 使丧失士气；使气馁；使堕落；使腐化

(56)detoxify v. 为…去毒；为…解毒；戒毒；使（酗酒者）戒掉酒瘾；使（吸毒者）戒掉毒瘾；戒酒；变得无毒

(57)defend v. 保卫；保护；为…辩护；为（被告）辩护；竞赛中保住；选举中保住；防守

(58)deduce v. 推论；演绎出；对…追本溯源；追溯…的来历

(59)design n. （建筑、服装等的）设计方案；设计图；设计；目的；安排；意图；构思；制订；图案

(60)debark v. 下船；下飞机；剥；卸；使…下船

(61)define v. 下定义；确切说明；标出界线；表明；描绘；树立；为（单词；词组）释义；使…的轮廓清晰；勾勒出…的轮廓

(62)department n. 部；处；司；系；专责；省；专长；特定方面

(63)destruction n. 摧毁；彻底毁坏；杀伤；没落；被杀伤；终结；毁灭的根源；堕落的原因

(64)degrade v. 侮辱；轻视；降解；降低…的品质；损害；把…降级；使（能量）衰变；使…陵削

(65)descend v. 下降；落下；突袭；是…的后裔；堕落到；突然造访；下；下斜；下倾；依次递降

(66)deserve v. 应得；应受

(67)determine v. 造成；在…中起决定性作用；探知；确定；终止；求出；下定决心；决意；解出；决定出

(68)devalue v. 贬低；降低…的价值；降低…的重要性；使（货币）贬值

(69)decadent adj. 颓废的；堕落的；放纵的

(70)deviate v. 背离；偏离既定路线；偏常；背离正常（或公认）标准

(71)deport v. 将…驱逐出境；使举止得体；使风度带上某种特点；将（本国人）流放至他国

(72)deify v. 把…神化

(73)decapitate v. 将…斩首；砍掉…的端头；使群龙无首

(74)denounce v. 谴责；公开指责；告发

(75)deforest v. 伐光…森林；砍掉…的树木

(76)defame v. 破坏…的名誉；诽谤；诬蔑

(77)dehydrate v. 使…脱水；脱水；身体失水

(78)descriptive adj. 描述的；客观描述的；描写性的

(79)depose v. 将…免职；罢免；宣誓作

(80)derail v. 使（火车；有轨电车）出轨；阻碍；阻挠；（火车；使脱离原进程

(81)desert v. 遗弃；背弃；离弃；舍弃；背离；擅离职守

(82)devour v. 狼吞虎咽地吃；吞噬；吞没；摧毁；贪婪地快速读；心中充满

(83)derision n. 嘲笑

同根词 scrib 写

(1)transcribe v. 将（思想；言语）整理成文字；打印；将（外文字母的音）用本国字母拼出；整理；改编；转录

(2)inscribe v. 书写；使（图形）内接；铭刻文字于；题献；把…的姓名加入名单（或书本）中；将…注册；以登记股东的形式发行

(3)subscribe v. 订阅；订购；同意；签署；申请加入；认捐；订阅邮件发送清单（或网络）服务；向（某个基金、项目或慈善事业）捐款；认购；支付

(4)proscribe v. 禁止；谴责；宣布…为不法之徒

(5)prescribe v. 开；为…开处方；规定；指定；推荐；推举；按规定行事的

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同根词

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词根 describe

(1)descriptive adj. 描写的，叙述的；描写性的

(2)described adj. 描述的v. 描述，描写（describe的过去式）

(3)describable adj. 可记述的；可描写的

(4)descriptively adv. 叙述地

(5)description n. 描述，描写；类型；说明书

(6)descriptivism n. 描写主义；描述主义；描述论

单词辨析

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描写；描述

(1)picture 着重能够栩栩如生地把事物或场景等描绘出来。

(2)sketch 指快速地勾勒或概略地叙述。

(3)describe 侧重指描述细节，给读者或听众提供清晰的视觉图像。

(4)represent 指有代表性或象征性地描述或讲述。

释义

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v.

give an account in words of (someone or something), including all the relevant characteristics, qualities, or events

描述，形容（人，事）

the police said the man was described as white, 6 ft tall, with mousy, cropped hair.

　警方说，据描述那男人是白人，六英尺高，灰褐色平头短发。

mark out or draw (a geometrical figure)

标示，画（几何图形）

on the diameter of a circle an equilateral triangle is described.

　在圆的直径上画一等边三角形。

move in a way which follows the outline of (an imaginary geometrical figure)

画出（想像的几何图形的）轮廓

a single light is seen to describe a circle.

　有人看到一道亮光划了一个圆圈。

易错必背词

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describe sth 描述...

(1)Which of the following best describes the breeding programme?

以下哪一项最能描述育种计划？[全国乙卷 2021 高考 阅读理解]

(2)It describes the habit of snubbing someone in favor of a mobile phone.

它描述了为了手机而冷落人的习惯。[兰州市卷 2018 中考 任务型阅读]

describe sb/sth as sth 将...描述/称为...

(1)Other destinations are described as "purer" natural experiences.

其他景点被描述为“更纯粹”的自然体验。[全国卷I 2019 高考 完形填空]

词源

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"late Middle English：　from Latin　describere, from　de-　‘down’ ＋　scribere　‘write’."

考纲分布

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近6年出现138次

重要程度: 5星

72%; v 描述; 描写

28%; v 描绘; 制图

考纲释义

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( 1)v. 描述; 描写

英文释义：give details of

真题例句：

Can you describe your hometown?

你能描述一下你的家乡吗？[2020年 重庆市A卷 口语应用]

It describes the habit of snubbing someone in favor of a mobile phone.

它描述了为了手机而冷落人的习惯。[2018年 兰州市卷 任务型阅读]

Even today, the hard working useful people are described as "the salt of the earth".

即使在今天，辛勤有用之人也被称为“地球之盐(社会中坚)”。[2018年 河北省卷 完形填空]

( 2)v. 描绘; 制图

英文释义：mark out or draw a figure

必考派生词

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description n. 描述；描写；形容；类别

单词辨析

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describe 普通用词，指说明某人或某事物的细节，使有清晰的形象。

picture 着重能够栩栩如生地把事物或场景等描绘出来。

explain 指以一种清楚明了的方式讲解某事。

用法讲解

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表示“向…...描述”，不可用 describe sb. sth. 结构，sb.须由介词to引出。如 describe to sb. sth. 或 describe sth. to sb.。

考纲分布

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近12年出现7次

重要程度: 4星

100%; v 描述; 描写

考纲释义

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( 1)v. 描述; 描写

英文释义：give details of

真题例句：

Which of the following best describes the breeding programme?

以下哪一项最能描述育种计划？[2021年 全国甲卷 阅读理解]

In the fictional worlds of film and TV, artificial intelligence (Al) has been described as so advanced that it is indistinguishable from humans.

在电影和电视的虚构世界中，人工智能（AI）被描述为如此先进，以至于与人类无异。[2021年 天津卷 阅读理解]

Hearing these stories, I'm skeptical about the place — other destinations are described as ＂purer＂ natural experiences.

听到这些故事，我对这个地方持怀疑态度——其他目的地被描述为“更纯粹”的自然体验。[2019年 全国卷1 完形填空]

必考派生词

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description n. 描述；描写；形容；类别

考纲分布

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近9年出现28次

重要程度: 5星

64%; v 描述; 描写

36%; v 描绘; 制图

考纲释义

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( 1)v. 描述; 描写

英文释义：give details of

真题例句：

Milk is increasingly being described in a negative light.

人们对牛奶的描述正变得越来越消极。[2020年 CET4 听力]

My house is about the size you described, but my neighbor's is bigger.

我的房子和你描述的差不多大，但是我邻居的要更大。[2020年 CET4 听力]

Scientists shaped the history of the terms while attempting to accurately describe how humans continue to alter the planet.

科学家们在试图准确描述人类是如何继续改变地球的同时，塑造了这些术语的历史。[2020年 CET4 阅读理解C]

( 2)v. 描绘; 制图

英文释义：mark out or draw a figure

必考短语

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(1)describe in detail详细描述

(2)describe ... as ...将...描述为...

必考派生词

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description n. 描述；描写；形容；类别

用法讲解

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表示“向…...描述”，不可用 describe sb. sth. 结构，sb.须由介词to引出。如 describe to sb. sth. 或 describe sth. to sb.。

考纲分布

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近9年出现52次

重要程度: 5星

69%; v 描述; 描写

31%; v 描绘; 制图

考纲释义

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( 1)v. 描述; 描写

英文释义：give details of

真题例句：

The British traveler Charles Thompson described himself as "being impatiently desirous of viewing a country so famous in history.

英国旅行者 Charles Thompson 形容自己“急不可耐地渴望参观一个历史上如此著名的国家。[2017年 CET6 阅读理解]

Writing in the journal, the scientists describe how the storks from Germany were clearly affected by the presence of waste sites.

在杂志上，科学家描述了来自德国的鹳是如何受到垃圾场的明显影响的。[2017年 CET6 阅读理解]

The details (of the Paris agreement) on addressing "climate justice" can be best described as sketchy.

《巴黎协定》在解决“气候公平性”问题上的细节可以说是粗略无比。[2016年 CET6 阅读理解]

( 2)v. 描绘; 制图

英文释义：mark out or draw a figure

必考派生词

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description n. 描述；描写；形容；类别

用法讲解

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表示“向…...描述”，不可用 describe sb. sth. 结构，sb.须由介词to引出。如 describe to sb. sth. 或 describe sth. to sb.。

考纲分布

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近16年出现37次

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89%; v 描述; 形容

11%; v 画出/形成...的形状

考纲释义

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( 1)v. 描述; 形容

英文释义：to say what somebody or something is like

真题例句：

Fortunately, there's another sort of parent that's a bit easier to describe: a patient parent.

幸运的是，还有另一种家长更容易描述：耐心的家长。[2020年 英语二 完型填空]

The 8-0 objection to President Obama turns on what Justice Samuel Alito describes in his objection as "a shocking assertion of federal executive power".

这次反对奥巴马总统出现8:0投票结果，是由于Samuel Alito法官在他的反对意见中描述为“对联邦执行权令人震惊的维护”。[2013年 英语一 阅读理解A]

Nobel Laureate and physiologist Albert Szent-Györgyi once described discovery as "seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought."

诺贝尔奖获得者和生理学家Albert Szent-Györgyi曾经把发现描述为“看到每个人看到的，思考没有人思考过的。”[2012年 英语一 阅读理解A]

( 2)v. 画出/形成...的形状

英文释义：mark out or draw; to form a particular shape

必考派生词

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description n. 描述；描写；形容；类别

用法讲解

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describe是及物动词,接名词、代词、动名词或疑问词从句作宾语。

(1)Okay, Max. How would you describe our apartment?

麦克斯，你会怎么描述我们的公寓？《2 Broke Girls Season 4》《破产姐妹 第四季》

(2)Can you describe the last time you saw him?

你能描述一下当时的情况吗？《The Good Wife Season 6》《傲骨贤妻 第六季》

(3)Thanks man, that would have been really hard to describe. What is that taste?

谢了，不然还真难形容。什么味道？《Friends Season 3》《老友记 第三季》

(4)I wasn't trying to sell anything. Just describe my experience.

我也没想推销什么，就是讲下我的感受。《House of Cards Season 3》《纸牌屋 第三季》

(5)It's all how you describe it. So let's start lying.

就看你怎么描述美化它，快来发挥骗功吧。《2 Broke Girls Season 4》《破产姐妹 第四季》

(6)Vintage doesn't even begin to describe what we have planned.

老式这个词不足以形容我们的计划。《The Big Bang Theory Season 2》《生活大爆炸 第二季》

(7)Mr. Joshua, I would not describe your product testing as perfected.

约书亚先生，测试的结果并不如人意。《Transformers: Age of Extinction》《变形金刚4：绝迹重生》

(8)First time you died, what happened? You killed a Mimic? Yes. Describe it.

第一次死是什么情况？你杀了个"拟态"(Mimics) ，描述一下。《Edge of Tomorrow》《明日边缘》

(9)We have to fill these out. Describe illness or injury. I dislocated my shoulder. All right.

我们得先填表格。请描述病情和伤情情况。肩膀脱臼。好吧。《The Big Bang Theory Season 3》《生活大爆炸 第三季》

(10)Thank you for coming today. And, Mr. Crouse, can you please describe what you witnessed?

谢谢你今天能来，克劳斯先生，能否请你描述一下你的所见？《The Good Wife Season 7》《傲骨贤妻第七季》

(11)Come on, use your words, buddy. I have more than enough words to describe you, Stark.

动嘴别动手哥们。语言已经不足以形容你了，史塔克。《Avengers: Age of Ultron》《复仇者联盟2：奥创纪元》

(12)Do you accuse my uncle, brother to the Khan, of treason? I only describe what I see, as I saw it.

你是在指控我的叔叔大汗的兄弟有意谋反吗？我只是如实说出我所见的情况。《Marco Polo Season 1》《马可波罗 第一季》

(13)A laser cannon? We're not sure how to describe a weapon of this scale. It's another Death Star.

激光炮吗？我们不知道怎么形容此种规模的武器。又是一颗死星。《Star Wars: The Force Awakens》《星球大战7：原力觉醒》

(14)First question: Describe your neighborhood. Run-down with a bunch of rats. Old-world charm. Pet-friendly.

第一个问题"描述一下周围环境"。房子破烂，鼠辈横行。古色古香，欢迎宠物。《2 Broke Girls Season 4》《破产姐妹 第四季》

(15)A hero doesn't brag, he deflects. But he still has to describe. People need to hear the horror.

英雄不会自吹自擂，他对此避而不谈，但他仍需描述当时的场面，人们想要听到当时的可怕场面。《The Good Wife Season 5》《傲骨贤妻 第五季》

(16)It was more than just a fling, wasn't it? How did she describe it? I didn't ask.

你们不只是一时冲动吧？她怎么说的？我没问。《House of Cards Season 4》《纸牌屋 第四季》

(17)Tammi Westall is one of the top engineers here, and even she struggles to simply describe the size of Intel's chips.

泰米·卫士图是这里顶级的工程师，她现在正在努力简化芯片的尺寸。《America Revealed》《透视美国》

(18)If I were to give you this gift basket, based on that action alone and no other data, infer and describe the hypothetical relationship that exists between us.

如果我送给你这个礼物篮，根据这个行为本身，如果没有其他数据请推断并描述我们之间的假定关系。《The Big Bang Theory Season 2》《生活大爆炸 第二季》

(19)Compared to what? The idea that you're the only intelligent species, on the only inhabitable planet in a universe so full of planets that you don't even have a number to describe how many there are?

与什么相比？尤其是当宇宙中充满无数行星，数量多到在你们的世界都没有单位可以描述。《Jupiter Ascending》《木星上行》

(20)How can I describe it? Good food is like music you can taste, color you can smell. There is excellence all around you. You need only be aware to stop and savor it. Oh, Gusteau was right.

该怎么形容呢? 美食就像可口的音乐，闻得到的色彩，你的身边处处皆美食，你只须留心并伫足品尝。食神说得对。《Ratatouille》《美食总动员》