英语词汇“read up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. transitive. To read aloud. In later use Scottish. Sc. National Dictionary (at cited word) records this sense as still in use in Fife and Wigtownshire in 1967.

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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > recitation > recite [verb (transitive)] > read aloud

readOE

to read overc1380

to read out1534

prone1683

to read upa1691

to read off1808

to call off1846

a1691 G. Fox Jrnl. (1952) (modernized text) 247 ‘Thou hast a copy of it. Read it up,’ said I.

1784 R. Bage Barham Downs I. 224 Read it up, Timothy: I have not yet seen or heard a syllable of it.

1862 F. C. Husenbeth Life J. Milner 173 After dinner the Secretary of the Catholic Board read up certain Resolutions.

1925 C. P. Slater Marget Pow 17 Then, when we set foot on a foreign shore, and went birlin' away to Paris, the very first station I read up was Creil.

a. intransitive. To learn or become informed about something through a course of reading; to become knowledgeable or expert on a subject by reading. Cf. sense 8b.

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society > education > learning > study > [verb (intransitive)] > by reading

to read up1837

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers l. 547 He crammed for it, to use a technical..term; he read up for the subject.

a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) II. xxiv. 170 The clever oddity who..read up in the mornings for conversational purposes, and at the dinners adroitly brought in the prepared subject.

1889 Harper's Mag. Jan. 209/2 Men should..be compelled to ‘read up’ on questions of the time.

1911 J. London Let. 17 Aug. (1966) 350 I should advise you..to read up on socialism.

1976 ‘M. Albrand’ Taste of Terror xviii. 103 Why don't you read up on it in the Britannica?

2004 Focus Feb. 106/2 I've read up on the Atkins diet and its claim that I should stop fretting about calories and fat.

b. transitive. To study (a subject, topic, etc.) intensively and systematically; to familiarize oneself with (the contents of a book, a written text, etc.). Cf. sense 8a.

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society > education > learning > study > [verb (transitive)] > study by reading

studya1425

revolve1485

to read up1842

1842 J. S. Mill Let. 22 Aug. in Wks. (1963) XIII. 542 I began to read up the subject.

1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain ii. xxvii. 657 I dread reading up all I must read presently.

1894 ‘R. Andom’ We Three & Troddles xvii. 149 Those miserable, hollow shams who read up the cricket news..in the evening papers.

1921 R. Macaulay Dangerous Ages v. 103 You should read it up beforehand, and try if you can understand it.

1962 A. Bello My Life viii. 88 I got hold of as many files as I could and read up all that I could lay my hands on.

1989 C. Boylan Concerning Virgins (1990) 99 Being an intelligent girl she read up some books first to make sure the slits would not go through.

单词	read up
释义	> as lemmas read up a. Of a person: experienced, versed, or informed in a subject by reading. Also read up (cf. to read up 2a at read v. Phrasal verbs). Only in predicative use.Used simply and with adverbs; now chiefly in well-read adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > intellectual command, mastery > [adjective] well-learedeOE well-learned1425 ripe1458 well-informeda1500 well-studied1530 travailed1551 great1552 learned1556 read1574 well-read1574 long on1875 1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. 754 M. Doctor had beene so well read in the auncient Doctors. 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. T3, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) He ought..to be well languaged, to be sufficiently red in Histories and Antiquities. 1632 P. Massinger Emperour of East iii. iv. sig. G2^v You are read in story; call to remembrance [etc.]. 1682 J. Dryden Religio Laici Pref. sig. a3 Every man who is read in Church History. 1707 M. Prior Epil. to Phaedra 3 An Oxford Man, extreamly read in Greek. 1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne ii. 35 He was deeply read in Beroalde. 1857 Ecclesiologist 18 208 Chaucer, who was evidently quite as read in the Latin classics, as a well-educated person would be in the present day. 1883 H. E. Manning Eternal Priesthood xx. 277 He is a welcome visitor..a ready and amusing guest, read up in the newspapers, and full of the events of the day. 1985 S. Hood Storm from Paradise (1988) 53 She was cultured, widely read in three languages, without religion. 2003 M. L. Raphael Judaism in Amer. vii. 148 Deeply read in..Jewish philosophy,..she insisted that Jews had an unbroken cultural tradition of uninterrupted creativeness. extracted from readadj. to read up to read up 1. transitive. To read aloud. In later use Scottish. Sc. National Dictionary (at cited word) records this sense as still in use in Fife and Wigtownshire in 1967. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > recitation > recite [verb (transitive)] > read aloud readOE to read overc1380 to read out1534 prone1683 to read upa1691 to read off1808 to call off1846 a1691 G. Fox Jrnl. (1952) (modernized text) 247 ‘Thou hast a copy of it. Read it up,’ said I. 1784 R. Bage Barham Downs I. 224 Read it up, Timothy: I have not yet seen or heard a syllable of it. 1862 F. C. Husenbeth Life J. Milner 173 After dinner the Secretary of the Catholic Board read up certain Resolutions. 1925 C. P. Slater Marget Pow 17 Then, when we set foot on a foreign shore, and went birlin' away to Paris, the very first station I read up was Creil. 2. a. intransitive. To learn or become informed about something through a course of reading; to become knowledgeable or expert on a subject by reading. Cf. sense 8b. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > study > [verb (intransitive)] > by reading read1803 to read up1837 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers l. 547 He crammed for it, to use a technical..term; he read up for the subject. a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) II. xxiv. 170 The clever oddity who..read up in the mornings for conversational purposes, and at the dinners adroitly brought in the prepared subject. 1889 Harper's Mag. Jan. 209/2 Men should..be compelled to ‘read up’ on questions of the time. 1911 J. London Let. 17 Aug. (1966) 350 I should advise you..to read up on socialism. 1976 ‘M. Albrand’ Taste of Terror xviii. 103 Why don't you read up on it in the Britannica? 2004 Focus Feb. 106/2 I've read up on the Atkins diet and its claim that I should stop fretting about calories and fat. b. transitive. To study (a subject, topic, etc.) intensively and systematically; to familiarize oneself with (the contents of a book, a written text, etc.). Cf. sense 8a. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > study > [verb (transitive)] > study by reading studya1425 revolve1485 to read up1842 1842 J. S. Mill Let. 22 Aug. in Wks. (1963) XIII. 542 I began to read up the subject. 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain ii. xxvii. 657 I dread reading up all I must read presently. 1894 ‘R. Andom’ We Three & Troddles xvii. 149 Those miserable, hollow shams who read up the cricket news..in the evening papers. 1921 R. Macaulay Dangerous Ages v. 103 You should read it up beforehand, and try if you can understand it. 1962 A. Bello My Life viii. 88 I got hold of as many files as I could and read up all that I could lay my hands on. 1989 C. Boylan Concerning Virgins (1990) 99 Being an intelligent girl she read up some books first to make sure the slits would not go through. extracted from readv. < as lemmas
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