| 单词 | reading |
| 释义 | reading (once / 94 pages) 1n 2n You can use the noun reading for something you read and also the act of interpreting or understanding it. Your favorite reading might be science fiction — if you're a true fan, you spend hours reading it daily. There are many closely-related definitions of reading, from a live performance like a poetry reading or a minister's Bible reading, to an individual interpretation of written material, like your feminist reading of classic fairy tales. Meter readers also take readings, or measurements: "The readingshowed that we used much more electricity last month." There are, in addition, several towns in the UK and the US called Reading, but those are usually pronounced redding. WORD FAMILYreading: readings+/misread: misreading, misreads/misreading: misreadings/nonreader: nonreaders/read: misread, readable, reader, reading, reads, reread, unread/readable: readability, readably/reader: nonreader, readers, readership/readership: readerships/reread: rereading, rereads/unread: unreadable/unreadable: unreadably USAGE EXAMPLESThe project also seeks to correlate those outcomes with 123 social and economic factors such as government spending, proficiency in reading and rates of incarceration. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) While enjoying reading cards and opening gifts, we were shocked to find 35 of our 140 guests did not leave a gift. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) If you’re not fluent in financial matters, try to spend 15 minutes a day reading articles on personal savings. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n written material intended to be read the teacher assigned new readings he bought some reading material at the airport Syn|Hypo|Hyper reading material bumf, bumph reading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boring black and white, written communication, written language communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten) 2n the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message his main reading was detective stories suggestions for further reading Hypo|Hyper speed-reading reading at speeds significantly faster than normal perusal, perusing, poring over, studyingreading carefully with intent to remember browse, browsingreading superficially or at random skim, skimmingreading or glancing through quickly language, linguistic process the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication 3n a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something Syn|Hypo|Hyper interpretation, version reinterpretation a new or different meaning anagogea mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture) internal representation, mental representation, representation a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image 4n a particular interpretation or performance on that reading it was an insult he was famous for his reading of Mozart Hyper interpretation an explanation that results from interpreting something 5n a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper recital, recitation declamation recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric oral presentation, public speaking, speaking, speechmaking delivering an address to a public audience 1n a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument Syn|Hypo|Hyper indication, meter reading clock time, time a reading of a point in time as given by a clock miles per hour, mpha speedometer reading for the momentary rate of travel SCLK, spacecraft clock timethe clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft prime timethe hours between 7 and 11 p.m. when the largest tv audience is available hour, time of dayclock time data point, datum an item of factual information derived from measurement or research 2n the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments Syn|Hyper meter reading measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule Reading (once / 1737 pages) n WORD FAMILY Reading: Readings USAGE EXAMPLESOpening day in Nyamirambo saw eight children between the ages of 4 and 10 step into the Kigali Reading Center. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Reading their comments, I worried that they might be overthinking things. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Reading a book aloud to the children, she prompted them to recall facts about trees that they’d learned in an earlier session. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) n a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England Exp city, metropolis, urban center a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts |
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