reading

read‧ing W2 / ridɪŋ / 名词

1 activity/skill [不可数名词] the activity or skill of understanding written words :

She loves reading.

Reading is taught using a combination of several methods.

2 books [不可数名词] books and other things that you can read :

Her main reading seems to be mystery novels.

a bit of light reading (= things that are easy and enjoyable to read ) for my holiday

There’s a list of further reading (= other things you can read ) at the end of each chapter.

a supply of interesting reading material

3 act of reading [单数形式] when you read something :

The book is quite difficult on first reading .

a close reading of the text (= when you read it very carefully )

4 understanding [可数名词] your way of understanding what a particular statement, situation, event etc means 同义词 interpretation

reading of

What’s your reading of the government’s response to this crisis?

5 to a group [可数名词]

a) an occasion when a piece of literature is read to a group of people :

a poetry reading at the bookstore

b) a piece of writing, especially from the Bible, that is read to a group of people :

The first reading is from Corinthians I, Chapter 3.

6 make (for) interesting/fascinating/compelling etc reading to be interesting etc to read :

Your report made fascinating reading.

7 measurement [可数名词] a number or amount shown on a measuring instrument :

We take temperature readings every two hours.

8 in parliament [可数名词] one of the occasions in the British Parliament or the US Congress when a suggested new law is discussed :

the second reading of the Industrial Relations Bill