| 单词 | reading |
| 释义 | reading /ree"ding/, n. 1. the action or practice of a person who reads. 2. Speech. the oral interpretation of written language. 3. the interpretation given in the performance of a dramatic part, musical composition, etc.: an interesting reading of Beethoven's 5th Symphony. 4. the extent to which a person has read; literary knowledge: a man of wide reading. 5. matter read or for reading: a novel that makes good reading. 6. the form or version of a given passage in a particular text: the various readings of a line in Shakespeare. 7. an instance or occasion in which a text or other matter is read or performed, usually without elaborate preparation and often as a means of testing its merits: The playwright wants to have a reading of the play for prospective producers. 8. an interpretation given to anything: What is your reading of the situation? 9. the indication of a graduated instrument: The reading is 101.2°F. adj. 10. pertaining to or used for reading: reading glasses. 11. given to reading: the reading public. [bef. 900; ME redyng (ger.), OE raedinge. See READ, -ING1, -ING2] |
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