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narrow escape
crescent fresh
beyond description
The grand sight of the Yellow Mountain is beyond description．黄山的美景非笔墨所能描述。
The film is dull beyond description．这部电影单调极了。
descend from
He descended from the tower．他从塔上下来。
The ring has descended from her grandmother．这枚戒指是她祖母传下来的。
The sword descends from the Tang dynasty．这把剑是从唐朝传下来的。
2．have one's family origin in；originate from 是…的后裔
He claimed to have descended from the royal family．他自称是王族之后。
According to the Bible，we have all descended from Adam．按照《圣经》上的说法，我们都是亚当的后裔。
descend on
Thieves descended on the travellers and took their money．盗贼出其不意地袭击旅行者，抢走了他们的钱。
The enemy descended upon the village at midnight．敌人在午夜突然袭击了这个小村庄。
My two old friends descended on me at Christmas．我的两个老朋友在圣诞节突然来看望我。
descend on/upon
Thieves descended on the travellers and took their money．盗贼出其不意地袭击旅行者，抢走了他们的钱。
The enemy descended upon the village at midnight．敌人在午夜突然袭击了这个小村庄。
My two old friends descended on me at Christmas．我的两个老朋友在圣诞节突然来看望我。
descend upon
Thieves descended on the travellers and took their money．盗贼出其不意地袭击旅行者，抢走了他们的钱。
The enemy descended upon the village at midnight．敌人在午夜突然袭击了这个小村庄。
My two old friends descended on me at Christmas．我的两个老朋友在圣诞节突然来看望我。
play-by-play description
Idiom(s): play-by-play descriptionTheme: DESCRIPTION
a detailed description of an event given as the event is taking place. (Usually in reference to a sporting event.)
• And now here is Bill Jones with a play-by-play description of the baseball game.
• John was giving me a play-by-play description of the argument going on next door.
escape one's notice
Idiom(s): escape one's noticeTheme: ESCAPE
to go unnoticed; not to have been noticed. (Usually a way to point out that someone has failed to see or respond to something.)
• I suppose my earlier request escaped your notice, so I'm writing again.
• I'm sorry. Your letter escaped my notice.
beggar description
Idiom(s): beggar descriptionTheme: DESCRIPTION
to defy description; to be unable to be described
• The house was a mess. The place beggared description.
• Our reaction to the proposal beggars description. We were deeply disturbed for days.
blow-by-blow description
Idiom(s): blow-by-blow account AND blow-by-blow descriptionTheme: DESCRIPTION
a detailed description (of an event) given as the event takes place. (This referred originally to boxing.)
• I want to listen to a blow-by-blow account of the prizefight.
• The lawyer got the witness to give a blow-by-blow description of the argument.
narrow escape|escape|narrow
n. phr. An escape by a very small margin; a near miss. If the truck that hit his car had been coming faster, it would have killed him; it was certainly a narrow escape that he only had a broken arm!description
descriptionsee beggar description.
escape
escapeIn addition to the idiom beginning with escape, also see narrow escape.
escape notice
escape noticeElude attention or observation, as in It must have escaped the editor's notice so I'll write again. [c. 1700]
escrow
escrowin escrow
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Law put in the care of a third party until certain conditions are fulfilled: said of a deed, money, etc.
escutcheon
escutcheona blot on one's escutcheon
a stain on one's honor; disgrace to one's reputation
in escrow
in escrowIn trust with a third party for delivery after certain conditions are fulfilled. For example, Our down payment on the house is in escrow until the current owner makes the promised repairs. This legal term dates from the late 1800s.
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