read‧er S3 W2 / ridə $ -ər / 名词 [可数名词]

1 somebody who reads someone who reads books, or who reads in a particular way :

The book will appeal to young readers.

I’ve always been an avid reader (= someone who reads a lot ) .

reader of

He’s a great reader of crime fiction.

a fast/slow reader

2 of a newspaper/magazine someone who reads a particular newspaper or magazine regularly :

The newspaper gradually lost readers during the 1980s.

3 book an easy book for children who are learning to read or for people who are learning a foreign language

4 teacher Reader an important teacher in a British university

Reader in

a Reader in Sociology at Bristol University

5 equipment technical a piece of electronic equipment that can read information that is stored or recorded somewhere, for example on a card

→ mind reader , newsreader

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a slow/fast reader Her son was quite a slow reader.

a good reader He’s not a good reader but he wants to try a new story.

a poor reader (= someone who is not good at reading ) All these students had been judged to be poor readers.

a great reader (= someone who reads a lot of books ) My father was a great reader.

an avid/voracious reader (= someone who eagerly reads a lot of books ) She was an avid reader of historical novels.