单词 | to read off |
释义 | > as lemmasto read off to read off 1. transitive and †intransitive. To take a reading of (a measurement, value, etc.) from an instrument; to derive (a result, conclusion, etc.) directly from tabulated data, a graph, etc. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > measure by or as an instrument [verb (transitive)] > measure by means of instruments > note a reading from an instrument to read off1755 read1818 1755 Philos. Trans. 1754 (Royal Soc.) 48 602 Let the bar be apply'd to the instrument, and the degrees of the micrometer and the thermometer read off, and set down. 1785 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 475 I have myself repeatedly adjusted the wires eight or ten times running, allowing another person to read off and unadjust each time. 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. x. 102 By sliding a triangle along a graduated ruler, we read off the divisions on an amplified scale with great accuracy. 1812 R. Woodhouse Elem. Treat. Astron. vi. 30 If in the second position we should read off by the microscope. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 69 Before the height of the mercury is read off. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 435 Passing the tip of the finger over the outlines of the letters and so reading off the result. 1956 E. H. Hutten Lang. Mod. Physics vi. 262 The empiricist prejudice..is, indeed, very strong, but it is obviously not true that we simply read off our hypotheses from data. 1972 R. Galopin & N. F. M. Henry Microsc. Study Opaque Minerals vii. 165/2 The intersection..then gave a point on the Wright Chart from which the values of n and κ were read off. 2001 M. Rowlands Nature of Consciousness ii. 39 The question of whether natural facts entail moral ones, or whether moral facts can be 'read off' from natural ones, is simply irrelevant. 2. transitive. To recite or record, (items in a list, etc.) in sequence. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > recitation > recite [verb (transitive)] > read aloud readOE to read overc1380 to read out1534 prone1683 to read upa1691 to read off1808 to call off1846 1808 C. Stower Printer's Gram. 395 That part of the copy..should be carefully transcribed or read off. 1852 J. Fiske Let. 19 Feb. (1940) 1 At school today Mr. Chase read off the prizes. 1871 J. Mackenzie Ten Years North of Orange River 338 The young men were amazed when Mr. Sykes read off to them the Zulu form of certain words. 1933 E. A. Powell Slanting Lines of Steel x. 156 As the Minister of War read off the names from a list the decorés stepped forward, one by one. 1981 ‘E. McBain’ Heat iii. 51 The sportscaster read off the baseball scores. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 19 Jan. 17/1 To hear Rachel Boynton read off the titles of her ginormous DVD collection..is to hear the zeal of a true documentary enthusiast. < as lemmas |
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