n. 读物；文本；朗读（reading的复数）

n the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

n a particular interpretation or performance

n a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument

n written material intended to be read

n a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something

n a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England

n a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance

n the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments

v interpret something that is written or printed

v have or contain a certain wording or form

v look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed

v obtain data from magnetic tapes

v interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior

v interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression

v be a student of a certain subject

v indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

v audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role

v to hear and understand

v make sense of a language