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Word family  noun read reader readership reading readability adjective readable ≠ unreadable verb read

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read1 /riːd/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tense and past participle read /red/)  1  words/books 文字/书籍 [intransitive, transitive]READ to look at written words and understand what they mean 阅读，读懂 I can’t read your writing. 我看不懂你写的东西。 She picked up the letter and read it. 她拿起信读了起来。 Read the instructions carefully before you start. 开始前要仔细阅读说明。 children who are just learning to read and write 刚刚开始学习读和写的儿童 Her books are quite widely read (=read by a lot of people). 她的书读者很多。 When I was young, I read every one of his books from cover to cover (=read all of something because you are very interested). 我小时候，他的每一本书我都从头到尾一页不落地看过。 →4  See picture of 见图 read2  find information 发现信息 [intransitive, transitive not in progressive]READ to find out information from books, newspapers etc 〔在书籍、报纸等中〕读到，看到 You can’t believe everything you read in the papers. 报纸上看到的东西，你不能全都相信。read about Did you read about what happened to that guy in Florida? 你看到佛罗里达州那个家伙的事了吗？read of I was shocked when I read of his death. 看到他的死讯，我十分震惊。read (that) I read last week that the disease is on the increase. 上周我在报纸上看到说患这种病的人越来越多。3  read and speak 朗读 [intransitive, transitive]READ to say the words in a book, newspaper etc so that people can hear them 读出，朗读read somebody something Daddy, will you read me a story? 爸爸，给我念个故事好吗？read (something) to somebody Our mother reads to us every evening. 妈妈每天晚上都给我们读点东西。 Teachers should read more poetry to children. 老师应该多读点诗给孩子听。 He glanced at the letter and began to read it aloud. 他看了一下信，大声地念起来。4  music/maps etc 乐谱/地图等 [transitive]UNDERSTAND to look at signs or pictures and understand what they mean 读懂，看懂〔符号或图片〕 He plays the violin very well but can’t actually read music. 他小提琴拉得很好，但其实他不识谱。 Are you any good at map reading? 你查地图在行吗？5. computer 计算机 [transitive] technicalTD if a computer can read a disk, it can take the information that is on the disk and put it into its memory 读取〔磁盘中的信息〕6  understand STH in a particular way 以某种方式理解某事 [transitive always + adverb/preposition]UNDERSTAND to understand a situation, remark etc in one of several possible ways 解读，〔按某种方式〕理解 SYN interpret I wasn’t sure how to read his silence. 我不知道该如何解读他的沉默。read something as something She shook her head, and I read this as a refusal. 她摇摇头，我以为这就是拒绝。 The poem can be read as a protest against war. 这首诗可以理解为对战争的抗议。read something well/accurately (=understand something correctly) 正确理解某事物 He had accurately read the mood of the nation. 他准确解读了国民的情绪。7  have words on 写有文字 [transitive not in progressive]READ used to say what words are on a sign, in a letter etc 〔指示牌、信上等〕写着 SYN say A sign on the outer door read: ‘No Entry’. 外边的门上有一块牌子，写着“禁止入内”。8  style of writing 写作风格 [intransitive] if something reads well, badly etc, it has been written well, badly etc 读起来 I think in general the report reads well. 我认为这个报告总体上读起来不错。9  read something as/for something CORRECTto replace one word or number with another one, usually with the correct one 将…改作…/用…替换…〔用于订正讹误〕 Please read £50 as £15. 请把50英镑改为15英镑。 For ‘November’ (=instead of November) on line 6, read ‘September’. 第6行的November应为September。10  measuring 度量 [transitive] a) TMto look at the number or amount shown on a measuring instrument 看〔度量仪器显示的数字〕 Someone should be coming to read the gas meter. 应该会有人来查煤气表。 b) TMif a measuring instrument reads a particular number, it shows that number 〔度量仪器〕显示，指示 The thermometer read 46 degrees. 温度计显示46度。11  at university 在大学里 [intransitive, transitive] British EnglishSEC to study a subject at a university 攻读，念〔某一课程〕 I read history at Cambridge. 我在剑桥大学攻读历史。read for He wants to read for a law degree. 他想去读一个法学学位。 RegisterIn everyday British English, people usually say that someone does a subject at university: 在日常英国英语中，人们表达某人在大学读某一课程时，一般用 doesI did history at Cambridge. 我曾在剑桥读历史。He wants to do a law degree. 他想去读一个法律学位。12  take it as read (that) especially British English to feel certain that something is true although no one has told you it is true 假定；认为 SYN assume You can take it as read that we will support the project. 你可以认为我们会支持这个项目。13  take something as read to accept that a report or statement is correct without reading it or discussing it 〔未经阅读或讨论而〕相信某事物是正确的 We’ll take the secretary’s report as read. 我们会认为秘书的报告不会有错。14  read between the lines MEANINGto guess someone’s real feelings from something they say or write, when they do not tell you directly 看出字里行间的意思；听出真实意思 Reading between the lines, I’d say Robert’s not very happy. 听言外之意，我看罗伯特不是很快乐。15  read somebody’s mind/thoughts UNDERSTANDto guess what someone else is thinking 猜测某人的心思 ‘Want some coffee?’ ‘You read my mind.’ “想来点咖啡吗？”“你真了解我啊。”16. can read somebody like a book KNOW somebodyif you can read someone like a book, you know them so well that you immediately know what they are thinking or feeling 对某人了如指掌17. read somebody’s palm ROto look carefully at someone’s hand, in order to find out about their future 为某人看手相18. read somebody’s lips UNDERSTANDto understand what someone is saying by watching the way their lips move. People who cannot hear do this. 〔因听不见而〕唇读，观唇辨意 → lip-read19  read my lips spoken used to tell someone that you really mean what you are saying 你听好了；我说话算数 Read my lips: I will not let you down. 我说话算数，我不会让你失望的。20. do you read me? spokenASK A QUESTION used to ask someone whether they can hear you when you are speaking to them by radio 听到没有？〔用于无线电通话时〕21  well-read/widely-read READsomeone who is well-read has read a lot of books and knows a lot about many subjects 博览群书的，博学的 She is intelligent and extremely well-read. 她很聪明，而且极为博学。 → reading, → read (somebody) the riot act at riot1(4)n GRAMMAR: Patterns with readread something in something• You read something in a book, newspaper, magazine etc: I read the interview in the newspaper. ✗Don’t say: read something on a book, newspaper, magazine etc • You read something in a particular chapter of a book, or in the introduction: In this chapter you can read about different types of diet. • You read something in the instructions or in a recipe: I read in the instructions that you are supposed to boil the pasta for six minutes. read something on something• You read something on the Internet or on a website: She read the story on the Internet.• You read something on a page: You can read about his life story on page 12.• You read something on a train, bus, plane etc: I like reading on the train – it helps to pass the time. ✗Don’t say: read something in a train, bus, plane etc THESAURUSread to look at and understand the words in a book, magazine, letter etc for interest, enjoyment, or study 阅读，读懂What book are you reading at the moment? 你现在在读什么书？I usually read the newspaper on the way to work. 我一般在上班途中看报纸。flick/flip/leaf through something to turn the pages of a book, magazine etc quickly, looking for things that might interest you 快速翻阅/浏览某物〔以寻找有趣的东西〕While I was waiting, I flicked through a magazine. 我一边等一边翻看一本杂志。nShe was flipping through the pages of an encyclopedia.nCunningham was leafing through a copy of the Financial Times at his desk amidst a cloud of cigar-smoke.browse through something to spend time looking through a book, magazine etc without any clear purpose, looking for things that might interest you 随意翻阅某物〔以寻找有趣的东西〕Would you like to browse through our holiday brochure? 你想看看我们的度假小册子吗？skim/scan (through) something to read something quickly to get the main ideas or find a particular piece of information 快速浏览某物〔以了解主要内容或寻找某些信息〕I want you to skim through the article and write a short summary of it. 我要你们迅速浏览这篇文章，然后写一篇简短的摘要。Tony scanned the menu for a vegetarian option. 托尼浏览菜单找素食。pore over something to read something very carefully for a long time 仔细阅读某物They spent weeks poring over guidebooks and planning their holiday. 他们花了几个星期的时间研读旅游指南，安排度假。devour something /dɪˈvaʊə $ -ˈvaʊr/ to read something quickly and eagerly 如饥似渴地阅读某物Her young fans devour her books. 她那些年轻粉丝如饥似渴地阅读她的作品。dip into something to read short parts of something 略微翻看某物It’s a book you can dip into rather than read from cover to cover. 这本书你随便翻翻就行了，没必要从头读到尾。plough/wade through something to read something long and boring 阅读〔冗长无聊的〕某物He’s upstairs ploughing through financial reports. 他在楼上苦读财务报告。I can’t possibly wade through all this. 我不可能读完那么多无聊的东西。surf the Net/Internet/Web to look quickly through information on the Internet, stopping to read what interests you 网上冲浪，浏览因特网5I was surfing the Net, trying to find my ideal job.我在网上浏览信息，想找一份理想的工作。nHe surfed the Net, looking for jobs. PHRASAL VERBS22 read something ↔ back phrasal verb to read out loud something that you have just written down 大声读出〔刚才记下的内容〕 to Can you read that last bit back to me? 你把最后一点给我重复一遍好吗？23.read for something phrasal verb APTto say some of the words that are said by a particular character in a play, as a test of your ability to act 〔挑选演员时〕试读〔剧本〕24 read something into something phrasal verb MEANINGto think that a situation, action etc has a meaning or importance that it does not really have 把〔原本没有的意思〕加进去理解 It was only a casual remark. I think you’re reading too much into it. 那不过是随便说说，我觉得你是多心了。25 read something ↔ out phrasal verb READto read and say words that are written down, so that people can hear 读出，宣读 Why don’t you read out the name of the winner? 为什么不宣读获胜者的名字呢？ to He read the last few sentences out to me. 他把最后几句话读出来给我听。26 read something ↔ through/over phrasal verb READto read something carefully from beginning to end in order to check details or find mistakes 通读，从头到尾仔细阅读 SYN check over/through Read the contract over carefully before you sign it. 仔细阅读合同之后再签字。 Spend a couple of minutes just reading through your essay. 花几分钟时间通读一遍你的文章。27 read up on something (also read something ↔ up British English) phrasal verb READto read a lot about something because you will need to know about it 攻读，就…作大量阅读 You’ll enjoy traveling more if you read up on the history of the countries you’ll be visiting. 如果你事先多读点东西，了解你要去的国家的历史，旅行就会更加有趣。→ See Verb table

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read• map reading• My parents taught me how to read.• On the other hand, your readers might be bright and fully conscious of what they are reading.• Good managers are usually able to read a situation quickly and take the right action.• Jean can't read a word without her glasses on.• On the way out I noticed a photograph of a benign-looking chap and read about his gifts to charity.• Did you read about that terrible car crash?• The headline read: "Firefighters Save Girl From Flames."• Don't believe everything you read in the newspapers.• Have you read Jean Martin's latest novel?• Read me Aunt Evelyn's letter while I cook dinner.• She went on to read medicine at Edinburgh.• I learned to read music when I was taking piano lessons.• The Government is also to rush through a ban on fox hunting by holding the bill's second reading on December 18.• Finally, it never hurts to wear our own love of reading on our sleeve.• Oliver is reading philosophy at Oxford.• I can read Spanish but I can't speak it very well.• Have you read Stephen King's new book yet?• I was astonished to read that half of all sixteen year olds have experimented with drugs.• The judge had been reading the court file.• Someone came to read the electricity meter this morning.• I opened the seals as carefully as I could and read the file.• Always read the label before you wash your clothes.• We can not help signing so long as there is another human being who needs to read the signs.• Men shouldn't be surprised if women read this behaviour as threatening.• I marveled at her physical beauty, wanting her to like me, to read to me, to even hold me.• She learnt to read when she was only three years old.• Soon utility companies may be able to read your meter by computer.widely read• The older works listed first are still widely read and most are generally available in both hardcover and paperback.• Local newspapers are widely read and relatively cheap to advertise in.• But he was one of the most well-informed, widely read and serious political figures in public life.• For all its note of fantasy, however, the article was widely read and well timed.• But even though his book was intended for contemplatives, it was also widely read by lay men and women.• Herbert is widely read, where Collins is seldom even heard of.• Newspapers with a significant political reporting are not widely read, whereas television news programs are often among the most-watched programs.read (that)• It is a disheartening history to read.• As a boy I had read a lot of sea stories and indulged in fancies of rounding the Horn in a windjammer.• We read everything teachers have told us is important.• Their son had begun to read in kindergarten and was academically advanced.• I read it with interest, then forgot it.• They began to meet in private houses where they read sermons and prayed together.• To make up your mind what to do, we suggest that you read several of the books your son has read.read somebody something• Daddy, will you read me a story?read something as something• Please read "5.2% interest" as "5.5% interest".• For "November" on line 6, read "September."• Low test scores should not be read as a sign of failure.• People read his silence as an admission of guilt.reads well• On the whole the translation reads well.• Johnson's travel guide reads well and is very informative.read2 noun [singular] informal  1  British EnglishREAD if you have a read, you spend time reading 阅读，读书 I sat down to have a nice quiet read. 我坐下来安静地看一会儿书。read of I had a quick read of the report before I left. 我走之前很快地看了一遍报告。2  a good read informal READsomething that you enjoy reading 喜欢的读物 I thought his last book was a really good read. 我觉得他最新的那本书非常精彩。

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read• The newspaper is trying to attract more young readers.• A careful read of this book will show that underpinning it is a terrible truth.• Not even the most unreconstructed Keynesian would ever claim that the General Theory was an easy read.• I would like to recommend it to both sexes as a jolly exciting read.• It is certainly worth a good read, and I can recommend it to anyone interested in this subject.• On one level, it is vastly entertaining and a rattling good read.• I do a lot of reading when I'm on vacation.• Children are taught reading and writing in their first years at school.have a ... read• Have the students read or listen to the passages.• He might have been rather less relieved if he could have read her mind.• Of 100 gravestones that I have read nearby, 57 are for children who died before the age of 20.• Thompson must have read the explosive Nixon transcripts wistfully.• This directory must exist and the user must have at least read and write access to it.• This is one page you have to read, and read carefully.Origin read1 Old English rædan

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read¹ S1 W1 /riːd/ verb (past tense and past participle read /red/)1.  WORDS/BOOKS  [intransitive and transitive] to look at written words and understand what they mean:
    I can’t read your writing.
    She picked up the letter and read it.
    Read the instructions carefully before you start.
    children who are just learning to read and write
    Her books are quite widely read (=read by a lot of people).
    When I was young, I read every one of his books from cover to cover (=read all of something because you are very interested).
2.  FIND INFORMATION  [intransitive, transitive not in progressive] to find out information from books, newspapers etc:
    You can’t believe everything you read in the papers.
    read about
    Did you read about what happened to that guy in Florida?
    read of
    I was shocked when I read of his death.
    read (that)
    I read last week that the disease is on the increase.
3.  READ AND SPEAK  [intransitive and transitive] to say the words in a book, newspaper etc so that people can hear them
    read somebody something
    Daddy, will you read me a story?
    read (something) to somebody
    Our mother reads to us every evening.
    Teachers should read more poetry to children.
    He glanced at the letter and began to read it aloud.
4.  MUSIC/MAPS ETC  [transitive] to look at signs or pictures and understand what they mean:
    He plays the violin very well but can’t actually read music.
    Are you any good at map reading?
5.  COMPUTER  [transitive] technical if a computer can read a disk, it can take the information that is on the disk and put it into its memory
6.  UNDERSTAND SOMETHING IN A PARTICULAR WAY  [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to understand a situation, remark etc in one of several possible ways
   SYN  interpret:
    I wasn’t sure how to read his silence.
    read something as something
    She shook her head, and I read this as a refusal.
    The poem can be read as a protest against war.
    read something well/accurately (=understand something correctly)
    He had accurately read the mood of the nation.
7.  HAVE WORDS ON  [transitive not in progressive] used to say what words are on a sign, in a letter etc
   SYN  say:
    A sign on the outer door read: ‘No Entry’.
8.  STYLE OF WRITING  [intransitive] if something reads well, badly etc, it has been written well, badly etc:
    I think in general the report reads well.
9. read something as/for something to replace one word or number with another one, usually with the correct one:
    Please read £50 as £15.
    For ‘November’ (=instead of November) on line 6, read ‘September’.
10.  MEASURING  [transitive]
  a. to look at the number or amount shown on a measuring instrument:
    Someone should be coming to read the gas meter.
  b. if a measuring instrument reads a particular number, it shows that number:
    The thermometer read 46 degrees.
11.  AT UNIVERSITY  [intransitive and transitive] British English to study a subject at a university:
    I read history at Cambridge.
    read for
    He wants to read for a law degree.
  REGISTER
    In everyday British English, people usually say that someone does a subject at university:
   ▪ I did history at Cambridge.
   ▪ He wants to do a law degree.
12. take it as read (that) especially British English to feel certain that something is true although no one has told you it is true
   SYN  assume:
    You can take it as read that we will support the project.
13. take something as read to accept that a report or statement is correct without reading it or discussing it:
    We’ll take the secretary’s report as read.
14. read between the lines to guess someone’s real feelings from something they say or write, when they do not tell you directly:
    Reading between the lines, I’d say Robert’s not very happy.
15. read sb’s mind/thoughts to guess what someone else is thinking:
    ‘Want some coffee?’ ‘You read my mind.’
16. can read somebody like a book if you can read someone like a book, you know them so well that you immediately know what they are thinking or feeling
17. read sb’s palm to look carefully at someone’s hand, in order to find out about their future
18. read sb’s lips to understand what someone is saying by watching the way their lips move. People who cannot hear do this. ⇨ lip-read
19. read my lips spoken used to tell someone that you really mean what you are saying:
    Read my lips: I will not let you down.
20. do you read me? spoken used to ask someone whether they can hear you when you are speaking to them by radio
21. well-read/widely-read someone who is well-read has read a lot of books and knows a lot about many subjects:
    She is intelligent and extremely well-read.
⇨ reading, ⇨ read (somebody) the riot act at riot¹(4)
     

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   ▪ read to look at and understand the words in a book, magazine, letter etc for interest, enjoyment, or study: What book are you reading at the moment? | I usually read the newspaper on the way to work.
   ▪ flick/flip/leaf through something to turn the pages of a book, magazine etc quickly, looking for things that might interest you: While I was waiting, I flicked through a magazine. | She was flipping through the pages of an encyclopedia. | Cunningham was leafing through a copy of the Financial Times at his desk amidst a cloud of cigar-smoke.
   ▪ browse through something to spend time looking through a book, magazine etc without any clear purpose, looking for things that might interest you: Would you like to browse through our holiday brochure?
   ▪ skim/scan (through) something to read something quickly to get the main ideas or find a particular piece of information: I want you to skim through the article and write a short summary of it. | Tony scanned the menu for a vegetarian option.
   ▪ pore over something to read something very carefully for a long time: They spent weeks poring over guidebooks and planning their holiday.
   ▪ devour something /dɪˈvaʊə $ -ˈvaʊr/ to read something quickly and eagerly: Her young fans devour her books.
   ▪ dip into something to read short parts of something: It’s a book you can dip into rather than read from cover to cover.
   ▪ plough/wade through something to read something long and boring: He’s upstairs ploughing through financial reports. | I can’t possibly wade through all this.
   ▪ surf the Net/Internet/Web to look quickly through information on the Internet, stopping to read what interests you: I was surfing the Net, trying to find my ideal job.
     
read something ↔ back phrasal verb
  to read out loud something that you have just written down
    read something ↔ back to
    Can you read that last bit back to me?
read for something phrasal verb
  to say some of the words that are said by a particular character in a play, as a test of your ability to act
read something into something phrasal verb
  to think that a situation, action etc has a meaning or importance that it does not really have:
    It was only a casual remark. I think you’re reading too much into it.
read something ↔ out phrasal verb
  to read and say words that are written down, so that people can hear:
    Why don’t you read out the name of the winner?
    read something ↔ out to
    He read the last few sentences out to me.
read something ↔ through/over phrasal verb
  to read something carefully from beginning to end in order to check details or find mistakes
   SYN  check over/through:
    Read the contract over carefully before you sign it.
    Spend a couple of minutes just reading through your essay.
read up on something (also read something ↔ up British English) phrasal verb
  to read a lot about something because you will need to know about it:
    You’ll enjoy traveling more if you read up on the history of the countries you’ll be visiting.

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read² noun [singular] informal1. British English if you have a read, you spend time reading:
    I sat down to have a nice quiet read.
    read of
    I had a quick read of the report before I left.
2. a good read something that you enjoy reading:
    I thought his last book was a really good read.