Read

[riːd] or [rid]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) something that is read; 'the article was a very good read'.

(verb.) to hear and understand; 'I read you loud and clear!'.

(verb.) interpret something that is written or printed; 'read the advertisement'; 'Have you read Salman Rushdie?'.

(verb.) look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; 'The King will read the proclamation at noon'.

(verb.) interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior; 'She read the sky and predicted rain'; 'I can't read his strange behavior'; 'The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball'.

(verb.) obtain data from magnetic tapes; 'This dictionary can be read by the computer'.

(verb.) indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; 'The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero'; 'The gauge read `empty''.

(verb.) audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; 'He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year'.

(verb.) have or contain a certain wording or form; 'The passage reads as follows'; 'What does the law say?'.

博比編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Rennet. See 3d Reed.

(imp. & p. p.) of Read

(v. t.) To advise; to counsel.

(v. t.) To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.

(v. t.) To tell; to declare; to recite.

(v. t.) To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book.

(v. t.) Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.

(v. t.) To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.

(v. t.) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.

(v. i.) To give advice or counsel.

(v. i.) To tell; to declare.

(v. i.) To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document.

(v. i.) To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.

(v. i.) To learn by reading.

(v. i.) To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage reads thus in the early manuscripts.

(v. i.) To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.

(v. t.) Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede.

(v.) Reading.

(-) imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.

(a.) Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.

艾迪整理

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Peruse.[2]. Interpret, decipher, unravel, make out, understand.

v. n. [1]. Practise reading, be studious in books.[2]. Be read, appear in reading.

a. Learned, versed in books.

校對:卢埃林

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Peruse, interpret, decipher, unravel, discover, recognize, learn

ANT:Misread, misinterpret, overlook, misobserve

錄入:奥维尔

解釋/意思:

v.t. to utter aloud written or printed words: to peruse: to comprehend: to study as to read law science: to teach: to make out from signs: to solve as to read a dream: to interpret: to understand as reading the stars: to note the indication of as to read a barometer: impute by inference as to read a meaning into a book.—v.i. to perform the act of reading: to practise much reading: to appear on reading: to advise: to speak: to acquire information: to utter the words of a book: (mus.) to render music at first sight: to put a certain expression upon it: to be suitable for perusal:—pa.t. and pa.p. read (red).—n. Read a reading perusal: (Spens.) counsel a saying an interpretation.—adj Read (red) versed in books: learned.—ns. Readabil′ity Read′ableness.—adj Readable (rēd′a-bl) that may be read: worth reading: interesting: enabling to read.—adv. Read′ably.—ns. Read′er one who reads: one whose office it is to read prayers in a church or lectures in a university &c.: one who reads or corrects proofs: one who reads much: a reading-book; Read′ership the office of a reader.—adj. Read′ing addicted to reading.—n. act of reading: perusal: study of books: public or formal recital: the way in which a passage reads: an interpretation of a passage or work: a version: noting an instrument as the reading of a barometer.—ns. Read′ing-book a book of exercises in reading; Read′ing-boy (print.) a reader's assistant; Read′ing-desk a desk for holding a book or paper while it is read: a church-lectern; Read′ing-lamp a form of lamp for use in reading; Read′ing-room a room with papers periodicals &c. resorted to for reading.—Read between the lines to detect a meaning not expressed; Read one's self in in the Church of England to read the Thirty-nine Articles and repeat the declaration of assent prescribed by law to a new incumbent.—Penny reading an entertainment consisting of readings &c. to which the admission is a penny.

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