read
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they read | |
| he / she / it reads | |
| past simple read | |
| past participle read | |
| -ing form reading |
- [intransitive, transitive]
(not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时 to look at and understand the meaning of written or printed words or symbols 识字；阅读；读懂 She's still learning to read. 她还在学习识字。 Some children can read and write before they go to school. 有些孩子在上学前就会看书写字了。 - read something
I can't read your writing. 我看不懂你的笔迹。 Can you read music? 你识谱吗？ I'm trying to read the map. 我正看地图呢。
Homophones read | reedread reed- read verb
She can read Arabic, but she can't speak it. 她会读阿拉伯语，但不会说。
- reed noun
A saxophone is another instrument that uses a reed. 萨克斯管是另一种使用簧片的乐器。
Extra ExamplesHe speaks and reads Arabic fluently. 他的阿拉伯语口语和阅读都很流畅。 Most children can read by the age of seven. 多数孩子 7 岁就可以阅读了。 She had great difficulty learning to read and write. 她学习读写非常吃力。 He learned to read when he was three. 他三岁时就学会了识字。 Some of the kids here can't even read and write. 这里有些孩子甚至不会读写。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- aloud
- silently
- carefully
- …
- be able to
- can
- learn to
- …
- about
- from
- in
- …
- read and write
- read for fun
- read for pleasure
- …
- [intransitive, transitive]
to go through written or printed words, etc. in silence or speaking them to other people 读；朗读 I'm going to go to bed and read. 我要上床看书去。 The book is very easy to read. 这本书很容易读。 - read to somebody/yourself
He liked reading to his grandchildren. 他喜欢念书给孙子孙女听。 - read something
to read a book/magazine/newspaper 阅读一本书/杂志/报纸 to read an article/a report/a letter/a blog/a review 阅读文章/报告/信件/博客/评论 Have you read any Steinbeck (= novels by him)? 你读过斯坦贝克的小说吗？ one of the most widely read books in the world 世界上最广泛阅读的书籍之一 I have read every single post in this entire thread. 我已经阅读了整篇文章中的每一篇文章。 I didn't have time to read the novel. 我没有时间看小说。 I just finished reading your recent article. 我刚刚看完你最近的文章。 He read the poem aloud. 他朗读了这首诗。 - read something to somebody/yourself
Go on—read it to us. 念吧，念给我们听听。 Statements were read to the court from police officers. 警察向法庭宣读了陈述。 - read somebody something
She read us a story. 她给我们读了个故事。
Homophones read | redread red- read verb (past tense, past participle of read)
Have you read his new novel yet? 你读过他的新小说吗？
- red adjective
She's that girl over there in the red dress. 她就是那边那个穿红色连衣裙的女孩。
- red noun
The red of the setting sun glowed on the horizon. 夕阳的红色在地平线上闪闪发光。
Extra ExamplesI read the words out loud. 我朗读了这些话。 Will you read me a story? 你能给我读个故事吗？ What are you reading at the moment? 你眼下在读什么书？ She reads voraciously. 她贪婪地阅读。 I used to read to my younger brothers at bedtime. 我过去常在弟弟睡前念书给他们听。 Could you read the poem aloud to us please? 你能给我们大声朗读这首诗吗？ We teach students to read critically. 我们教学生批判性地阅读。 She read from the letter. 她念了信。 She read avidly from an early age—books, magazines, anything. 她从小就酷爱阅读——书籍、杂志，无不涉猎。 I've just read your interesting article. 我刚刚读了你那篇有趣的文章。 I regularly read ‘Time’. 我定期看《时代周刊》。 I read a story to my son every night. 我每天晚上都给儿子读一篇故事。 I listen to my children reading aloud. 我听我的孩子们大声朗诵。 He remembers everything he reads in books. 他读书过目不忘。 He's not someone who reads for pleasure. 他不是那种为消遣而阅读的人。 He read her letter with interest. 他饶有兴趣地读了她的信。 Make sure you read the instructions correctly. 务必正确地阅读说明。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- aloud
- silently
- carefully
- …
- be able to
- can
- learn to
- …
- about
- from
- in
- …
- read and write
- read for fun
- read for pleasure
- …
- [intransitive, transitive]
(not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时 to discover or find out about somebody/something by reading 读到；查阅到 - read about/of something (in something)
I read about the accident in the local paper. 我在当地的报纸上看到了这次事故。 - read that…
I read that he had resigned. 我看到了他辞职的消息。 I read somewhere that women are starting companies at record rates. 我在哪里读到过，女性以创纪录的速度创办公司。 - read something
I can't remember where I read it. 我不记得在哪里读到的。 That's the most ridiculous thing I have ever read! 那是我读过的最可笑的东西！ - read something in something
Don't believe everything you read in the papers. 报上看到的东西，不能尽信。 - read something on something
I read the reviews on the internet. 我在网上看了评论。
Extra ExamplesHogan had read about her death in the paper. 霍根在报上获悉了她的死讯。 I had read of the case in the local newspaper. 我已在当地报纸上看到了这个案子。 I read about it in today's paper. 我在今天的报纸上看到了这一消息。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- aloud
- silently
- carefully
- …
- be able to
- can
- learn to
- …
- about
- from
- in
- …
- read and write
- read for fun
- read for pleasure
- …
- read about/of something (in something)
- [transitive] read somebody’s mind/thoughts
to guess what somebody else is thinking 猜测；揣摩 Tell me what you want—I can't read your mind! 告诉我你想要什么 － 我可猜不透你的心思！
- [transitive] read somebody’s lips
to look at the movements of somebody’s lips to learn what they are saying 观唇辨意；读唇语 - [transitive]
to understand something in a particular way 懂得；理解 - [transitive] + speech
to have something written on it; to be written in a particular way 写着；写成 The sign read ‘No admittance’. 告示牌上写着 “禁止入内”。 I’ve changed the last paragraph. It now reads as follows… 我已经修改了最后一段。现在是这样写的…
- [intransitive] + adv./prep.
to give a particular impression when read 读起来（给人以某种印象） - [transitive] read something
(of measuring instruments 测量仪器 to show a particular weight, pressure, etc. 读数为；显示 - [transitive] read something
to get information from a measuring instrument 看读数 - [transitive] read somebody
to hear and understand somebody speaking on a radio set 听到，听明白（用无线电机讲的话） - [transitive] read A for B | read B as A
to replace one word, etc. with another when correcting a text 替换；将…改为 - [transitive, intransitive] (British English, rather old-fashioned)
to study a subject, especially at a university 学习；攻读；主修 - read something
I read English at Oxford. 我在牛津攻读英语。 - read for something
She's reading for a law degree. 她在攻读法学学位。
- read something
- [transitive]
(of a computer or the person using it 计算机或计算机使用者 to take information from a disk 读（盘）；从磁盘提取信息
words/symbols文字；符号
discover by reading读到
somebody’s mind/thoughts思想；想法
somebody’s lips嘴唇
understand理解
of a piece of writing书写的东西
measuring instrument测量仪器
hear听
replace word替换文字
subject at university大学课程
computing计算机技术
Word OriginOld English rǣdan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch raden and German raten ‘advise, guess’. Early senses included ‘advise’ and ‘interpret (a riddle or dream)’.
Idioms
read between the lines
read somebody like a book
to understand easily what somebody is thinking or feeling 轻易地了解某人的想法（或感受）；看透某人
read my lips
read (somebody) the Riot Act
- (British English)
to tell somebody with force that they must not do something 警告（某人）不得做某事
take it/something as read