reading

1. N-UNCOUNT Reading is the activity of reading books. 讀書

I have always loved reading. 我一直很喜歡讀書。

2. N-COUNT A reading is an event at which poetry or extracts from books are read to an audience. 朗誦會

...a poetry reading. …一場詩歌朗誦會。

3. N-COUNT Your reading of a word, text, or situation is the way in which you understand or interpret it. 詮釋; 理解

My reading of her character makes me feel that she was too responsible a person to do those things. 我對她性格的了解使我覺得她是個非常負(fù)責(zé)、絕不會乾那些事的人。

4. N-COUNT The reading on a measuring device is the figure or measurement that it shows. (測量儀器上的) 讀數(shù)

The gauge must be giving a faulty reading. 標(biāo)尺一定是給出了一個錯誤的讀數(shù)。