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DISCOVER BY
READING i£fi] 3 ~ (about/of sth) (not used
in the progressive tenses ARIA iftfrN') to discover or
find out about sb/sth by reading i^fij; g $| It]: [V]
I read about the accident in the local paper. ^
Jfe 65 jf £ft±itl!] o [V that] I read that he had
resigned. J #, SI 65 'M M „ 0 [VN] Don’t believe
everything you read in the
papers.
^ ± # 3\ 65 A ffi> A
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SB’S
MIND/THOUGHTS jg.,B ; & i'A 4 [VN] ~ sb’s mind/ thoughts to guess what sb else
is thinking
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SB’S LIPS 11$ ff 5 [VN] ~ sb’s lips to look at the movements of sb’s lips to learn what they are saying $S>|f H ;E; ill — see also lip-read
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UNDERSTAND 6 [VN] ~ sth (as sth) to understand sth in a particular way If#; MM EWTI interpret: How do you read the present situation?
If ? 0 Silence must not
always be read as consent. A
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OF A PIECE OF
WRITING 65 A W 7 [V speech] to have
sth written on it; to be
written in a particular way ^ $1; J$: The sign read ‘No
admittance’.
o o Eve changed the last
paragraph. It now reads as follows ...
65 ■ ■ ■ 8 [V] to give a particular
impression when read ( tnWHXffltph
) : Generally,
the article reads very well. j& 65 il A, X # & A ®A ft 0
o The
poem reads like (= sounds as if it is) a translation. jAH
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MEASURING
INSTRUMENT ffl §:\X^ 9 [VN] (of measuring
instruments jfl] M iX #1) to show a
particular weight, pressure, etc. iHI&Al; JfiLA: What does the thermometer
read? MUtitA^? IO [VN]
to get information from a measuring instrument A man came
to read the gas meter. —AJBA AST
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HEAR uff 11 [VN] to hear and understand sb speaking on
a radio set o/fgij, ( l$A^fe#U#65if!r) : ‘Do you
read me?’ Tm reading you loud and clear.’ “jfcvfr #JS,f£ 65i$n3? ” “ffJ&T,
^65^SXA3UifJgo ”
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REPLACE WORD 12 [VN] ~ A for B | ~ B as A to
replace one word, etc. with
another when correcting a text H Jfe ; M fj : For ‘madam’ in
line 3 read ‘madman’. % 3 fr A65 madam Eif] madman0
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SUBJECT AT
UNIVERSITY A A t&M
13 ~ (for) sth (BrE,
rather old-fashioned) to study a subject,
especially at a university ^ S ; ,Jk ± #
: [VN] I read English at
degree.
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COMPUTING if % ft A 14 [VN] ~ sth (into sth) (of a computer or the person using it
to take information from
a disk
My computer can’t read the disk you sent. 65 % 1$ A tis
Oto read a file into a computer ffiX#
ITilTil .read between the
'lines to
look for or discover a meaning in sth that is not openly stated fgjftJIS651£ X;
if dh W X M: Reading between the
lines, I think Clare needs money. 1405 -AM65 AaIIHIso .read sb like a book
to
understand easily what sb is thinking or feeling
( ) ; ifift^A .read my
'lips (informal) used to
tell sb to listen
carefully to what you are saying if n/f if M; Read my lips: no new taxes (= I promise
there will be no new
taxes), I?; p/t $c : A A tt Iff .read (sb) the 'Riot Act {BrE) to tell sb with force
that they must not do sth # ^ ^
A ) A 4# # ^ ♦
MldMIfll From an Act of
Parliament passed in 1715 to prevent riots. It made it illegal for a group of twelve
or more people to refuse to split up if they were ordered to do so and part of
the Act was read to them. g
1715
iif , fj41 A A o .take it/sth as
'read (BrE) to accept sth without
discussing it A^ifife
HP iA pf: Can we take it as read
that you want the job?
ninmai^aa#m? nsm ,read sth-
'back to read a message,
etc. to others in order to check that it is correct ) .read sth 'into
sth to think that sth means more than it
really does fE
M -fcU&MMM:
Don’t
read too much into what
she says. AJc&MWi^JSjjnitt .read 'on to continue reading ill; That’s the story so far. Now
read on ... tX
♦MijilUSMo .read sth—'out to read sth
using your voice,
especially to other people ( ftia gl^ij A ) ^, If] .read sth—‘over/'through
to
read sth carefully from beginning to end to look for mistakes or check details
iAJUii^; .read sth—'up |
.read up on sb/sth to read a lot about a
subject (''jgft I’ll need to read up on the
case before the meeting.
mmm0
m noun /ri:d/ [sing.] (informal) 1 (especially BrE) an act or a period of reading sth 1^4$: I
was having a quiet read when the phone rang.
P|rI T o 2 a good, interesting, etc. ~ a book, an article,
etc. that is good, etc. ) tMVv,
( ) : His thrillers are
always a gripping read.
m^AM^IAAEo
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adj. /red/ (used after an
adverb ffi AI'li^Iri) (of a person A) having knowledge that has been
gained from reading books, etc. She’s
very
widely read in law. ^ # A ffi IB iR tW W» — see also
WELL READ
read-able /’riidebl/ adj. 1
(of a book, an article, etc. f5 fg , X M ^) that is easy, interesting and enjoyable to read
nj2 (of written or printed words ^^sKFlfjji]XA) clear and easy to read if WTrT H 65; H A vpn 65 Hlil legible — see also machine- readable ► read abil
ity /.riida’bilati/
noun [U] re-address /.riia'dres/ verb [VN] to change the
address written on an envelope because the person the letter is for does not
live at the address it has been delivered to ( Wtt ) ±651&tt read er th* /'ri:da(r)/ noun
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a person who reads, especially one who
reads a lot or
in a particular way
i£4$---65A; CTOHA65A: an avid reader of science fiction 0 afast/slow
reader iA A 'tA / tS 65 A 0 The reader is left to
draw his or her own conclusions, mIf 3? i B i % f±} „ 2a
person who reads a
particular newspaper, magazine, etc. ( 65
) readers’ letters O
Are you a ‘Times’ reader? «00§±jt> 65^^1%?
3
an easy book that is intended to help
people learn to read their own or a foreign language
a series of graded
English readers — ^ Ff] ^ #5
4
(usually Reader) a senior teacher at a
British university just below the rank of a professor ( ^1
) : She is Reader in Music at
AiRUfl
6 {technical Ain) a machine that
produces on a screen a large image of a text stored on a microfiche or microfilm —see also mind-
reader,
NEWSREADER
read-er-ship /‘riidajip; NAmE-darj-/ noun 1 [usually sing.] the number or type of
people who read a particular newspaper, magazine, etc. ( ^
If: a readership of around
10 000 * 1 o In its new format, the
magazine hopes to attract a much wider readership.
^65it-#o
2 (usually Readership) ~ (in sth) {BrE) the position of a Reader at a university ( ) MWt
read ily /'redili/ adv. 1 quickly and without
difficulty Boa FREELY: All ingredients are readily available from your local
store. FAW65JH4^nTIAA®^/A#^^65^iS^5iJo
2
in a way that shows you do not object to sth ffcfajftL;
CTI71 willingly: Most people readily accept the need for
laws. A^^Af[5*AiS^^iA^^#Ji^^650
'read-in noun 1 [u, C] {computing if) the entry of data into a computer or onto
a disk ( $!($]! 65 ) i^ A, A A
[C]
{NAmE) an
organized event when people come to a place to read books together i^45^