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lip-read

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lip-read /ˈlɪp riːd/ verb (past tense and past participle lip-read) [intransitive, transitive]  SLUNDERSTANDto understand what someone is saying by watching the way their lips move, because you cannot hear them 〔因听不见而〕观唇辨意,唇读lip-reading noun [uncountable]
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lip-read
lip-read /ˈlɪp riːd/ verb (past tense and past participle lip-read) [intransitive and transitive]
to understand what someone is saying by watching the way their lips move, because you cannot hear them
—lip-reading noun [uncountable]


lip-readBrE /ˈlɪp riːd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlɪp riːd/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they lip-read BrE /ˈlɪp riːd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈlɪp riːd/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it lip-reads BrE /ˈlɪp riːdz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈlɪp riːdz/ 🔊past simple lip-read BrE /ˈlɪp riːd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈlɪp riːd/ 🔊past participle lip-read BrE /ˈlɪp riːd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈlɪp riːd/ 🔊 -ing form lip-reading BrE /ˈlɪp riːdɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈlɪp riːdɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sb) to understand what sb is saying by watching the way their lips move 观唇辨意;唇读 lip-reading BrE /ˈlɪp riːdɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlɪp riːdɪŋ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]