| 单词 | reader |
| 释义 | reader /ree"deuhr/, n. 1. a person who reads. 2. a schoolbook for instruction and practice in reading: a second-grade reader. 3. a book of collected or assorted writings, esp. when related in theme, authorship, or instructive purpose; anthology: a Hemingway reader; a sci-fi reader. 4. a person employed to read and evaluate manuscripts offered for publication. 5. a proofreader. 6. a person who reads or recites before an audience; elocutionist. 7. a person authorized to read the lessons, Bible, etc., in a church service. 8. a lecturer or instructor, esp. in some British universities: to be appointed reader in English history. 9. an assistant to a professor, who grades examinations, papers, etc. 10. Computers. a device that reads data, programs, or control information from an external storage medium for transmission to main storage. Cf. card reader, optical character reader. 11. a machine or device that projects or enlarges a microform image on a screen or other surface for reading. 12. a playing card marked on its back so that the suit or denomination of the card can be identified. 13. Library Science. the user of a library; library patron. [bef. 1000; ME reder(e), redar(e), OE raedere. See READ1, -ER1] |
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