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单词 mind reader
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Definition of mind reader in English:

mind reader

noun
  • A person who can supposedly discern what another person is thinking.

    clairvoyants and mediums are often rechristened mind readers
    Aren't you going to give me a clue? I'm not a mind reader
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Your partner, co-workers, friends and family are not mind-readers.
    • Hair stylists are not mind-readers, and they want you to be happy with the cut.
    • Harry Potter author JK Rowling is looking for a mind-reader to take charge of the third film about her schoolboy wizard.
    • People are not mind-readers, and young people especially are not always as perceptive as adults would like them to be.
    • It didn't take a mind-reader to work out that most of the warmly appreciative audience were considering that, if he were prepared to go back that far, might he be willing to retrospect a little further?
    • For some, it has even become an obsession: good tailors - ones who can do good workmanship, who are bilingual mind-readers and who are cheap - are well kept secrets.
    • Babies aren't mind-readers - though if someone is holding them awkwardly, they may be uncomfortable and cry as a result.
    • More mind writer than mind-reader, Barry boasts an uncanny ability to direct and misdirect the participants in his illusions.
    • And I'm always impressed with seeming mind-readers (Blink goes into detail about what should be called face-reading) who can divine useful information from flickers of facial muscle contractions.
    • Grandparents aren't mind-readers so try and have regular discussions with them about discipline, diet and other matters so that they know what your views and wishes are.
    • What was the point of holding back anything from her when the girl was practically a mind-reader anyway?
    • From here, the scene would appear to deteriorate into a C-grade psychobabble battle of the mind-readers.
    • A mind-reader… you predicted what would happen.
    • That line about ‘understands me personally’ makes me speculate that what he really wants is a mind-reader.
    • The problem with this kind of ‘preventive’ measure is that we are not mind-readers.
    • You have to be part equipment salesman, part mind-reader, part therapist.
    • We say ‘sure he or she knows I love him,’ but how do they know if you haven't told them, they're not mind-readers, you have to say it… your children need to hear that now and again.
    • You're not a mind-reader - but I join the chorus who say if the company faults someone for wearing dress pants instead of a skirt, I would never knowingly work there.
    • I think the other were convinced that this guy was some sort of psychic or mind-reader or prophet because they took his word as fact.
    • Try not to block the conversation - don't interrupt, launch into a monologue or expect them to be a mind-reader.

Derivatives

  • mind reading

  • noun
    • Well, during that time, I focused really hard on mind-reading, and got better at it.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • More than 50 per cent of you believe in the accuracy of tarot cards and palmistry and 38 per cent of you believe in mind-reading.
      • It did actually happens, as you'd expect, mostly as it's described, although I spoke to the graduate and didn't actually indulge in the mind-reading which appears to take place in here.
      • Spell-breakers had an arsenal of varied skills, mind-reading and telepathy being just the surface of the depths.
      • I think public cell phone users are annoying because mind-reading is hard work.
 
 

Definition of mind reader in US English:

mind reader

nounmīnd ˈrēdər
  • A person who can supposedly discern what another person is thinking.

    clairvoyants and mediums are often rechristened mind readers
    Aren't you going to give me a clue? I'm not a mind reader
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Harry Potter author JK Rowling is looking for a mind-reader to take charge of the third film about her schoolboy wizard.
    • People are not mind-readers, and young people especially are not always as perceptive as adults would like them to be.
    • Babies aren't mind-readers - though if someone is holding them awkwardly, they may be uncomfortable and cry as a result.
    • What was the point of holding back anything from her when the girl was practically a mind-reader anyway?
    • Your partner, co-workers, friends and family are not mind-readers.
    • Grandparents aren't mind-readers so try and have regular discussions with them about discipline, diet and other matters so that they know what your views and wishes are.
    • It didn't take a mind-reader to work out that most of the warmly appreciative audience were considering that, if he were prepared to go back that far, might he be willing to retrospect a little further?
    • We say ‘sure he or she knows I love him,’ but how do they know if you haven't told them, they're not mind-readers, you have to say it… your children need to hear that now and again.
    • You have to be part equipment salesman, part mind-reader, part therapist.
    • From here, the scene would appear to deteriorate into a C-grade psychobabble battle of the mind-readers.
    • Hair stylists are not mind-readers, and they want you to be happy with the cut.
    • For some, it has even become an obsession: good tailors - ones who can do good workmanship, who are bilingual mind-readers and who are cheap - are well kept secrets.
    • And I'm always impressed with seeming mind-readers (Blink goes into detail about what should be called face-reading) who can divine useful information from flickers of facial muscle contractions.
    • You're not a mind-reader - but I join the chorus who say if the company faults someone for wearing dress pants instead of a skirt, I would never knowingly work there.
    • Try not to block the conversation - don't interrupt, launch into a monologue or expect them to be a mind-reader.
    • A mind-reader… you predicted what would happen.
    • I think the other were convinced that this guy was some sort of psychic or mind-reader or prophet because they took his word as fact.
    • That line about ‘understands me personally’ makes me speculate that what he really wants is a mind-reader.
    • The problem with this kind of ‘preventive’ measure is that we are not mind-readers.
    • More mind writer than mind-reader, Barry boasts an uncanny ability to direct and misdirect the participants in his illusions.
 
 
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