read
read — 動詞
1. to look at letters, numbers, or other written marks and know what they mean.
閱讀；看懂
看懂文字、符號或數字所表達的意思
to look at letters, numbers, or other written marks and know what they mean.
Talia learned to read short Mandarin words when she was four years old.
Talia 四歲時就學會閱讀簡單的中文字了。
learn to read + [language/material]
Christopher read the recipe twice before he started cooking dinner.
Christopher 在開始做晚餐前把食譜看了兩遍。
read + concrete written object (recipe, sign)
Have you read about the storm that hit the coast last week?
你有看過上週襲擊海岸的那場暴風雨的相關報導嗎？
Renata read on the bus every morning to pass the time.
Renata 每天早上都在公車上看書打發時間。
The boy was reading a comic book under the kitchen table.
那個男孩躲在廚房桌子底下看漫畫。
文法句型
read + noun
read about + noun
read + that-clause
用法筆記
Object is typically a written or printed item (book, note, sign, screen). Used intransitively without an object when the activity itself is the focus, as in 'I read every night before bed.'
常見錯誤
2. to speak the words on a page so that other people can hear them.
朗讀；念出來
把寫在紙上的字大聲念出來給別人聽
to speak the words on a page so that other people can hear them.
Hoa read the poem aloud to her grandmother in the hospital room.
Hoa 在病房裡把那首詩朗讀給她的奶奶聽。
read + [text] + aloud + to + [person]
Please read the next paragraph for the class, Darius.
Darius，請念下一段給全班聽。
imperative: read + [text] + for + [audience]
The judge read out the names of the winners one by one.
法官把得獎者的名字一個一個念了出來。
Élise read her sister a funny story from the new picture book.
Élise 從新的繪本中念了一個有趣的故事給妹妹聽。
文法句型
read + noun
read + something + to + somebody
read + somebody + something
用法筆記
Often pairs with 'aloud' or 'out' to make the audible nature explicit. Distinguish from sense 1: here someone else can hear the words; in sense 1 the reading may be silent.
常見錯誤
3. to decide what a piece of writing, an action, or a situation means, especially w
解讀；理解為
把某段文字、行為或情況解釋成特定的意思
to decide what a piece of writing, an action, or a situation means, especially when there is more than one possible meaning.
Gita read his long silence as a sign that he was angry with her.
Gita 把他長時間的沉默解讀為他在生她的氣。
read + [behaviour] + as + [meaning]
How do you read this part of the contract about late payments?
你怎麼解讀合約裡關於逾期付款的這一段？
how do you read + [text]
Leo can read his daughter's mood from across the playground.
Leo 隔著操場就能看出女兒的心情。
Don't read too much into one short email from your manager.
別對主管一封簡短的電子郵件過度解讀。
The coach read the other team's strategy before the second half began.
下半場開始前，教練就解讀出對方球隊的戰術。
文法句型
read + noun + as + noun/adjective
read something into + noun
用法筆記
Often takes 'as' to introduce the chosen interpretation, or 'into' for reading more meaning into something than is really there. Object is typically abstract (silence, mood, situation, contract clause), not a written page.
常見錯誤
4. to seem a particular way to someone who is reading it.
讀起來
文字本身讀起來呈現出某種感覺或印象
to seem a particular way to someone who is reading it.
The opening chapter reads like a mystery novel rather than a memoir.
開頭那一章讀起來比較像推理小說，不太像回憶錄。
subject is the text; reads like + [genre]
Sora's apology email reads as cold and rushed, even though she meant it kindly.
Sora 那封道歉信讀起來冷淡又匆忙，雖然她是出於善意。
reads as + [adjective]
The new safety guide reads well and is easy for staff to follow.
新版安全手冊讀起來很順，員工很容易照著做。
Marco's old letters read more like diary entries than messages to a friend.
Marco 以前的信讀起來比較像日記，而不是寫給朋友的訊息。
- come across
informal: 'his speech came across as nervous'
- sound
for spoken impression rather than written text
文法句型
read + adverb (well, badly, like)
read like + noun
read as + adjective
用法筆記
Subject is the text itself, not the reader. Always intransitive in this sense and almost always followed by an adverb (well, badly) or 'like'/'as' phrase. Distinguish from sense 3 where the reader is the subject.
常見錯誤
5. to be able to hear what someone is saying clearly, especially over a radio.
聽得清楚
（無線電通訊中）聽得到並聽懂對方說話
to be able to hear what someone is saying clearly, especially over a radio.
Tower, this is flight 207 — do you read me?
塔台，這裡是 207 班機，你能聽到我嗎？
fixed phrase: do you read me?
Cole told the rescue team he could read them loud and clear.
Cole 告訴搜救隊他這邊收訊清楚、聽得很明白。
fixed phrase: read [somebody] loud and clear
The captain said he was reading the coast guard but the signal was weak.
船長說他聽得到海岸防衛隊，但訊號很弱。
I can barely read you, Eri — try moving closer to the antenna.
Eri，我幾乎聽不到你，靠近天線一點試試看。
文法句型
read + somebody
read + somebody + adverb (loud and clear)
用法筆記
Almost exclusively used in radio communication. Common fixed phrases: 'Do you read me?' and 'I read you loud and clear.' Object is the person speaking, not their words.
常見錯誤
6. to read a story or book aloud to someone, usually a child, until they fall aslee
念書哄睡
念故事或書給某人聽直到他睡著
to read a story or book aloud to someone, usually a child, until they fall asleep.
Rachid reads his twin daughters to sleep with a different fairy tale every night.
Rachid 每晚都用不同的童話故事念給雙胞胎女兒聽，哄她們入睡。
read + [somebody] + to sleep
After the long flight, the grandmother read the tired boy to sleep on the sofa.
經過長途飛行，奶奶在沙發上念故事哄那個累壞的小男孩睡著。
Christopher spoke so softly that he read the fussy baby to sleep within minutes.
Christopher 講話非常輕柔，幾分鐘就把鬧脾氣的寶寶念睡著了。
Talia promised to read her younger brother to sleep while their parents were out.
父母不在家時，Talia 答應要念故事哄弟弟入睡。
- lull to sleep
by any soft sound, not only reading
文法句型
read + somebody + to sleep
用法筆記
Always uses the fixed pattern 'read + somebody + to sleep'. The object is the listener (usually a child), and the goal is putting them to sleep, not just reading aloud (compare sense 2).
常見錯誤
7. if a piece of writing, sign, or measuring device reads something, those are the
寫著；顯示
文字、招牌或儀器上呈現的內容或數值
if a piece of writing, sign, or measuring device reads something, those are the words it shows or the number it gives.
The wooden sign at Mert's bakery reads 'Closed on Sundays' in red paint.
Mert 麵包店的木製招牌上用紅漆寫著「週日公休」。
[text] + reads + quoted content
The first line of the email reads, 'Please confirm your address by Friday.'
那封電子郵件第一行寫著：「請在週五前確認您的地址。」
introducing the exact wording with a comma
Beatriz checked the kitchen scale, which read two kilograms exactly.
Beatriz 看了看廚房的磅秤，剛好顯示兩公斤。
The contract should read 'fifteen days' instead of 'fifty days' after the correction.
修正後，合約上應該寫的是「十五天」而不是「五十天」。
The thermometer outside Felix's window read minus eight degrees this morning.
今天早上 Felix 窗外的溫度計顯示零下八度。
文法句型
[text] + reads + [content]
[sign] + reads + that-clause
[meter] + reads + [number]
用法筆記
Subject is the text or instrument itself, not a person. Often appears in the present tense even when describing a past inscription, because the wording is treated as a stable fact.
常見錯誤
8. to be enrolled in a particular subject as your main field at a university, or to
攻讀；主修
在大學念某一學科或為專業資格進修
to be enrolled in a particular subject as your main field at a university, or to undergo formal training toward a professional qualification.
Diya is reading economics at Cambridge and hopes to graduate next summer.
Diya 在劍橋大學攻讀經濟學，希望明年夏天畢業。
read + [subject] + at + [university]
Christopher decided to read for the bar after working as a paralegal for five years.
Christopher 當了五年律師助理之後，決定攻讀律師資格。
read for + [professional qualification]
Adaeze's elder sister read history before moving into journalism in Lagos.
Adaeze 的姐姐主修歷史，後來搬到拉哥斯從事新聞工作。
Apinya was reading medicine when her father suddenly fell ill.
Apinya 正在攻讀醫學時，父親突然病倒。
Several of the prime minister's advisors read law at Oxford in the 1980s.
首相身邊有好幾位顧問都是 1980 年代在牛津主修法律的。
文法句型
read + [subject]
read for + [degree / qualification]
read + [subject] + at + [university]
用法筆記
Mainly British and somewhat formal; American English usually says 'study' or 'major in'. Distinguish from sense 1 (decoding written words) — this sense names the academic subject as object, not a text.
常見錯誤
9. in golf and similar games, to look carefully at the slope, grass, or wind on a p
判讀地形
高爾夫中觀察坡度判斷球的走向
in golf and similar games, to look carefully at the slope, grass, or wind on a piece of ground and work out how a ball will roll across it.
Kwame crouched behind the ball and read the green before his final putt.
Kwame 在球後蹲下，先判讀果嶺再進行最後一推。
read + the green (golf collocation)
The caddie helped Noa read the slope, pointing out a hidden break near the hole.
桿弟協助 Noa 判讀果嶺坡度，指出洞口附近一個不明顯的轉折。
read + the slope
Good players read the wind as carefully as they read the grass.
厲害的選手判讀風勢就跟判讀草皮一樣仔細。
Élise misread the green at the seventeenth hole and lost the championship by a single stroke.
Élise 在第十七洞誤判了果嶺，以一桿之差輸掉冠軍。
- misread
to judge the surface wrongly
文法句型
read + [the green / the slope / the wind]
用法筆記
Almost always tied to golf, lawn bowls, or similar games. The object is the surface itself (the green, the slope, the line) rather than a person or text.
常見錯誤
10. to look at things like palms, cards, or tea leaves and claim to learn about a pe
占卜；卜卦
從手相、塔羅牌等徵兆推測未來或心思
to look at things like palms, cards, or tea leaves and claim to learn about a person's future or hidden feelings from the patterns you see in them.
An old woman at the night market offered to read Obi's palm for a few coins.
夜市裡一位老婦人提議只收幾枚硬幣就替 Obi 看手相。
read + [person]'s + palm
Baraka's grandmother claimed she could read tea leaves and warn the family of bad weather.
Baraka 的祖母說她會解讀茶葉，可以預先警告家人天氣變壞。
read + tea leaves
The fortune-teller read the cards and announced that a long journey lay ahead.
算命師解讀塔羅牌後，宣告前方將有一段長途旅程。
A wandering monk read the I Ching coins for Xiu and warned her of a coming illness.
一位雲遊的僧人替 Xiu 占卜易經卦象，警告她即將生一場病。
文法句型
read + [palm / cards / tea leaves]
read + somebody's + [palm / future]
用法筆記
Object is the divination signs (palm, cards, tea leaves, coins, runes), not the future or person directly. To say 'read someone's mood / face' for hidden feelings, use sense 3 (INTERPRET) instead.
常見錯誤
11. if a computer or device reads a disk, file, or other piece of stored material, i
讀取資料
電腦或裝置從儲存媒介取得資料
if a computer or device reads a disk, file, or other piece of stored material, it picks up the information stored there so that the system can use it.
The laptop could not read the old memory card that Felix found in the attic.
那台筆電讀不到 Felix 在閣樓裡找到的舊記憶卡。
[computer] + reads + [storage device]
This program reads the user's settings from a small file at startup.
這個程式啟動時，會從一個小檔案讀取使用者的設定。
read + [data] + from + [file]
The supermarket scanner reads the barcode and shows the price on the screen.
超市的掃描機讀取條碼後，會在螢幕上顯示價格。
Beatriz's tablet kept failing to read the USB stick, even after a restart.
Beatriz 的平板電腦一直讀不到那支隨身碟，連重開機都沒用。
- write
the opposite operation: storing data onto a device
文法句型
read + [data / file]
read + [storage device]
read + [data] + from + [device]
用法筆記
Subject is usually a machine, program, or sensor, not a person. The opposite operation is 'write', as in 'write data to a disk'. Distinguish from sense 1 (humans decoding text) — here no understanding is implied, just data transfer.
常見錯誤
read — 名詞
1. a time spent looking at a book, article, or other piece of writing — also used t
閱讀；讀物
閱讀的時間，或值得閱讀的書籍文章
a time spent looking at a book, article, or other piece of writing — also used to describe what that piece of writing is like to read, for example calling a novel an enjoyable or quick read.
Caleb settled into the armchair for a quiet read before bed.
Caleb 睡前窩進扶手椅裡，安靜地讀了一會兒書。
a + adjective + read for a reading session
Linh said the new mystery novel was a really good read.
Linh 說那本新的推理小說真的是很值得一讀的讀物。
describing a book: a good / great read
Have a quick read of this email and tell me what you think.
你快點讀一下這封電子郵件，告訴我你的看法。
The biography of Frida Kahlo turned out to be a fascinating read.
Frida Kahlo 的傳記後來證明是一本相當引人入勝的讀物。
Gabriel curled up by the window with the newspaper for an hour-long read.
Gabriel 蜷在窗邊，拿著報紙讀了一個小時。
文法句型
a + adjective + read
have a read of + noun
用法筆記
Almost always countable and singular, taking 'a' plus an adjective ('a good read', 'a quick read'). Distinguish from the verb sense: as a noun it names either the activity itself or the thing being read, judged by how enjoyable it is.
常見錯誤
read — 形容詞
1. having gained your knowledge of a topic by spending time studying books and arti
博學的
靠閱讀大量書籍而對某主題有深入認識的
having gained your knowledge of a topic by spending time studying books and articles, rather than from experience or formal classes.
Christopher is unusually well read in Roman history for someone of just fifteen.
Christopher 才十五歲，對羅馬史的閱讀涉獵卻異常廣博。
well + read in [subject]
The new ambassador is widely read on Korean politics and quoted Park Chung-hee fluently.
新任大使在韓國政治方面博覽群書，甚至能流暢引用朴正熙的話。
widely read on [topic]
Élise grew up in a tiny mountain village yet became deeply read in Russian poetry.
Élise 在偏遠山村長大，卻對俄國詩歌有深厚的閱讀造詣。
The job needs someone well read in maritime law and willing to travel often.
這份工作需要一位飽讀海事法、又願意經常出差的人。
Reema was the most widely read judge on the panel and noticed every weak citation.
Reema 是評審團裡讀書最廣的法官，每一處薄弱的引用都逃不過她。
- well-informed
broader; covers any source of knowledge, not only books
- literate
can mean simply able to read, or knowledgeable in a field; context decides
- erudite
much stronger; suggests deep scholarly learning across many fields
- bookish
often slightly negative; suggests preferring books to real life
- unread
rare in this sense; 'poorly read' is more common
- ill-informed
general lack of knowledge, not tied specifically to reading
文法句型
well/widely/poorly + read
read in [subject]
用法筆記
Almost always preceded by a degree adverb (well, widely, deeply, poorly). The bare form 'a read person' is not used. Subject is a person, not a text.