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单词 read
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readverb

uk/riːd/us/riːd/read, read uk/red/us/red/

read verb (UNDERSTAND)

A1 [ I or T ] to look at words or symbols and understand what they mean:

He spent a pleasant afternoon reading (the newspaper/a book).
I read about the family's success in the local paper.
It was too dark to read our map and we took a wrong turning.
Can you read music?
Your handwriting is so untidy I can't read it.
[ + (that) ] I've read in the newspapers (that) there is a threat of war.
Put your plastic card in the slot, and the machine will read it and identify who you are.
Some children can read (= have learned the skill of reading) by the age of four.

A2 [ I or T ] to say the words that are printed or written:

She read (the poem) slowly and quietly.
[ + two objects ] Their teacher always reads them a story at the end of the day.
Children love to have stories read (aloud/out) to them.

C2 [ T ] to understand and give a particular meaning to written information, a statement, a situation, etc.:

She missed the train because she read 18.30 p.m. as 8.30 p.m. instead of 6.30 p.m.
On page 19, for "Blitish", please read "British".
If I've read the situation correctly, we should have some agreement on the contract by the end of the week.

[ I or T ] How you read a piece of writing, or how it reads, is how it seems when you read it:

The letter reads as if it was written in a hurry.
Her latest novel reads well (= is written in an attractive way).

[ T ] (especially when communicating by radio), to hear and understand someone:

Do you read me?
I read you loud and clear.
read sb to sleep

to read aloud to someone until they go to sleep:

Every night when I was a child my father used to read me to sleep.

More examples

  • I didn't read the contract fully before I signed it but I'm counting the cost now.
  • He learned to read at the early age of three.
  • The driver was peering into the distance trying to read the road sign.
  • None of the committee's proposals will matter a jot if no-one reads their report.
  • I've been put off reading the book by all the hype.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Reading

  • cross-reference
  • deconstruct
  • deconstruction
  • devour
  • dyslexia
  • flip
  • hermeneutic
  • leaf through sth
  • peruse
  • read sth over/through
  • reader
  • readership
  • reading
  • reading knowledge
  • riffle
  • run your eye over sth idiom
  • scan
  • skim
  • thumb
  • thumb through sth

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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Understanding and comprehending
Broadcasting: radio

read verb (STATE)

[ L ] (of something written or printed) to have or give the stated information or meaning:

[ + speech ] The start of the US Constitution reads "We, the people of the United States..."
The thermometer is reading 40°C in the shade.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Writing & typing

  • asterisk
  • borrow
  • chalk
  • co-author
  • compose
  • copy
  • creative writing
  • enter
  • fair sth out
  • fire
  • ghostwrite
  • misspell
  • orthography
  • record
  • run
  • scrawl
  • transcription
  • typing
  • write sth up
  • written

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read verb (STUDY)

[ I or T ] UK formal or specialized law to study at university or to study for a specialized qualification:

They're both reading history at Cambridge.
She's reading for the Bar (= studying to become a type of lawyer called a barrister).

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Learning & knowing

  • assimilate
  • autodidact
  • blended learning
  • bone up
  • brain training
  • by-heart
  • deskill
  • feel
  • gen up
  • hit
  • know better (than sb) idiom
  • knowable
  • mug
  • mug (sth) up
  • pick sth up
  • quick
  • reskill
  • revision
  • specialize
  • tell

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Idiom(s)

read sb's lips
read sb's mind
read sb's palm
read (sb) the riot act
read between the lines
read my lips
read the runes
take sth as read

Phrasal verb(s)

read sth into sth
read sth out
read sth over/through
read up (on/about) sth

readnoun [ S ]

uk/riːd/us/riːd/

C2 the act of reading something:

It's not brilliant but it's worth a read.
The book is a good/easy, etc. read.
UK informal Could I have a read of (= can I read) your newspaper?

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Reading

  • cross-reference
  • deconstruct
  • deconstruction
  • devour
  • dyslexia
  • flip
  • hermeneutic
  • leaf through sth
  • peruse
  • read sth over/through
  • reader
  • readership
  • reading
  • reading knowledge
  • riffle
  • run your eye over sth idiom
  • scan
  • skim
  • thumb
  • thumb through sth

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