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单词 under-read
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under-readv.

Brit. /ˌʌndəˈriːd/, U.S. /ˌəndə(r)ˈrid/
Etymology: under- prefix1 5(a).
1.
a. transitive. (See quot. 1934.)
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical tests > subject to a chemical test [verb (transitive)] > take a low reading of
under-read1934
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 > take a reading below the correct one
under-read1934
1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Underread,..to take a reading below the correct reading of (a test); to read (a temperature, measurement, weight, etc.) as lower than that actually registered.
1977 Lancet 30 Apr. 952/1 The device over-read the systolic pressure by an average of 2.7 mm Hg (S.D. 5.2) and under-read the diastolic pressure by an average of 2.4 mm Hg (S.D. 9.3).
b. intransitive. Of a gauge, dial, etc.: to show a reading lower than the true one.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [verb (intransitive)] > show a reading lower than the true one
under-read1975
1975 Daily Tel. 7 May 12/4 Under an EEC directive..it would be illegal for speedometers to under-read at all.
2. transitive. Of the reading public: to read (an author, a book, etc.) with less than normal frequency or with less than due appreciation.
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society > communication > reading > [verb (transitive)] > to read with less than due appreciation
under-read1982
1982 E. Dipple Iris Murdoch p. ix Although the role of critic as evangelist may seem questionable, it strikes me as necessary, given the current tendency to under-read and underestimate Murdoch's work.
1984 Notes & Queries June 274/2 Some progress is made towards consolidating that concept through isolating characteristic aspects of fiction by under-read, minor, and ‘popular’ novelists as well as by those more familiar names later accorded their separate chapters.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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