The form read is pronounced /riːd/ when it is the present tense, and /red/ when it is the past tense and past participle. read 作现在式时读作/riːd/，作过去式和过去分词时读作 /red/。
1 VERB 读;阅读;理解;看懂 When you read something such as a book or article, you look at and understand the words that are written there. 读;阅读;理解;看懂
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Have you read this book?. [VERB noun]
你看过这本书吗？
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I read about it in the paper. [VERB + about]
我在报纸上看到了这件事。
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He read through the pages slowly and carefully. [VERB + through]
他慢慢地仔细阅读每一页。
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It was nice to read that the Duke will not be sending his son off to boarding school. [VERB that]
得知公爵不会把儿子送到寄宿学校真让人高兴。
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She spends her days reading and watching television. [VERB]
她每天就是读读书，看看电视。
SYN scan, study, look at, refer to
2 VERB 朗读;出声读;念出 When you read a piece of writing to someone, you say the words aloud. 朗读;出声读;念出
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Jay reads poetry so beautifully. [VERB noun]
杰伊朗读诗歌很动听。
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I like it when she reads to us. [VERB + to]
我很喜欢她读书给我们听。
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I sing to the boys or read them a story before tucking them in. [VERB noun noun]
在给这些男孩们盖好被子叫他们乖乖睡觉前，我会给他们唱首歌或讲一个故事听。
SYN recite, deliver, utter, declaim
3 VERB 读书，阅读（能力） People who can read have the ability to look at and understand written words. 读书，阅读（能力）
SYN understand, interpret, comprehend, construe
4 VERB 读，识（乐谱） If you can read music, you have the ability to look at and understand the symbols that are used in written music to represent musical sounds. 读，识（乐谱）
5 VERB （电脑）读取（文件或文档） When a computer reads a file or a document, it takes information from a disk or tape. （电脑）读取（文件或文档） [computing]
6 VERB [no cont] 写着;标着 You can use read when saying what is written on something or in something. For example, if a notice reads 'Entrance', the word 'Entrance' is written on it. 写着;标着
SYN register, show, record, display
7 VERB （文章）读起来… If you refer to how a piece of writing reads, you are referring to its style. （文章）读起来…
8 N-COUNT [adjective NOUN] 令人愉快的读物；好书（或杂志） If you say that a book or magazine is a good read, you mean that it is very enjoyable to read. 令人愉快的读物；好书（或杂志）
SYN perusal, look (through), study, leaf (through)
9 VERB 理解;解读 If something is read in a particular way, it is understood or interpreted in that way. 理解;解读
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The play is being widely read as an allegory of imperialist conquest. [be VERB-ed + as]
这部剧被广泛解读为对帝国主义征服的讽喻。
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South Africans were praying last night that he has read the situation correctly. [VERB noun adv./prep.]
昨晚南非人在祈祷他对形势的解读是正确的。
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Now how do you read his remarks on that subject? [VERB noun adv./prep.]
那么你是如何理解他关于那个话题的言论的呢？
SYN interpret, take, understand, explain
10 VERB 看得出，读懂，看透（想法或心思） If you read someone's mind or thoughts, you know exactly what they are thinking without them telling you. 看得出，读懂，看透（想法或心思）
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As if he could read her thoughts, Benny said, 'You're free to go any time you like.' [VERB noun]
班尼仿佛看出了她的心思，说道：“你随时都可以自由离开。”
11 VERB 理解；读懂；了解 If you can read someone or you can read their gestures, you can understand what they are thinking or feeling by the way they behave or the things they say. 理解；读懂；了解
12 VERB （无线通讯用语）听到 If someone who is trying to talk to you with a radio transmitter says, 'Do you read me?', they are asking you if you can hear them. （无线通讯用语）听到
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Alpha-Bravo-Zulu 643 to Saltezar, do you read me? Over. [VERB noun]
阿尔法－布拉沃－祖鲁643呼叫萨德扎，能听到我的声音吗？完毕。
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We read you loud and clear. Over. [VERB noun]
我们能够清楚地听到你的声音。完毕。
13 VERB 读（表）；记下（仪表上的数字） When you read a measuring device, you look at it to see what the figure or measurement on it is. 读（表）；记下（仪表上的数字）
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When officials like gas and electricity men call to read the meter, ask for identification. [VERB noun]
当有燃气或电力公司的职员来抄表时，要请他们出示身份证件。
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It is essential that you are able to read a thermometer. [VERB noun]
最基本的是要能看懂温度计。
14 VERB （仪器）标明，显示 If a measuring device reads a particular amount, it shows that amount. （仪器）标明，显示
15 VERB 攻读;专修 If you read a subject at university, you study it. 攻读;专修 [British, formal]
SYN study, take, major in [US]
in AM, use 美国英语用 major, study
16 PHRASE 完全相信；把…当作真理 If you take something as read, you accept it as true or right and therefore feel that it does not need to be discussed or proved. 完全相信；把…当作真理
17 See also: reading to read between the lines→see: line
Phrasal verbs: - read intoread outread up on
Quotations
Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest Book of Common Prayer
ThesaurusWord Partnership
| Thesaurus | read Also look up: |
| VERB. | scan, skim, study 1 comprehend; (ant.) sense 1 3 4 |
| Word Partnership | Use read with: |
| ADV. | read carefully, read silently 1 |
| N. | read a book/magazine/(news)paper, read a sentence, read a sign, read a statement 1 2 read a verdict 2 ability to read 3 |
| VERB. | like to read, want to read 1 2 listen to someone read 2 learn (how) to read 3 |
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