- 读，阅读：
He was reading the plays of Shakespeare when I met him in the library the other day.
前几天我在图书馆遇见他时，他正在阅读莎士比亚的戏剧。
Her short stories are not widely read nowadays.
她的短篇小说现在很少有人看。
- 朗读，朗诵：
The teacher read the poem aloud to the pupils.
教师向学生大声朗诵这首诗。
- 看懂，读懂；辨认出：
A driver must be able to read traffic signs.
驾驶员必须能辨认交通标志。
Your handwriting is so illegible that nobody can read it.
你的字太潦草，谁也认不出来。
- 觉察；洞察；看出：
I have known Mary for years,I can read her mind.
我与玛丽相识多年，我可以洞察出她在想什么。
My mother reads me deeply.
我的母亲能洞察我的心思。
- 解释；领会；了解；看法：
He is anxious to read the share prices.
她急于想了解股票的行情。
How do you read this passage?
你怎么理解这段话?
How do you read the present international dispute?
你对目前的国际争端有何看法?
- 通过说话人的嘴形理解；摸读盲文：
She couldn't hear what he said,but she could read his lips.
她听不见他在说什么，但她能根据他的嘴形知道他的意思。
He can read Braille though he isn't blind.
虽然他不是瞎子，但他能摸读盲文。
- 读到；获悉：
I read that our dear premier had died of cancer in today's newspaper.
我在今天的报纸上获悉我们亲爱的总理死于癌症的消息。
- 读作；印作；改为：
For“right”in line 12 please read“night”.
请将第12行中的“right”改为“night”。
- 预言；预卜：
Nobody can read the future.
谁也不能预卜未来。
- 理解为；推断出；意味着：
Nodding must not always be read as agreement.
点头并不见得一定意味着同意。
- 读(乐谱等)；查阅(地图等)：
She was able to read music from early childhood.
她从很小的时候就能识乐谱。
They are reading a map.
他们正在查阅地图。
- 攻读，学习：
He is reading electron physics at Qinghua University.
他现在在清华大学攻读电子物理学。
- 标明；写明：
At the entrance there is a sign which reads：“No Admittance —keep out!
”在入口处有一个牌子，上面写着“严禁入内!”
- 读得使…：
She reads the old man to sleep every evening.
她每天晚上读书使老人听着听着就睡着了。
- 读出(资料卡等的信息)；(仪表上的)读数为：
What does the gas meter read?
煤气表上的读数是多少?
I can't read what it says.
我不会看它上面的度数。
- 校对，读校样：
She has read the editorial through twice.
她把社论已经校对了两遍了。
- 【计算机】判读；阅读；读出(out)；把…读入(in)：
The first step is to read the contents of a punch card into a core.
第一步是把穿孔卡的内容读入磁心。
- 【无线电、电话等】收听到；听到
“Are you reading me?
”“你听得清我的话吗?”
- 【生物学】解读(遗传密码)，解(码)；译出(遗传信息)