"the article was a very good read"

• interpret something that is written or printed

  "read the advertisement"; " Have you read Salman Rushdie?"

• have or contain a certain wording or form

  "The passage reads as follows"

  同义词： say

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

  "The King will read the proclamation at noon"

• obtain data from magnetic tapes

  "This dictionary can be read by the computer"

  同义词： scan

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

  "She read the sky and predicted rain"; " I can't read his strange behavior"; " The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"

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

  "I read this address as a satire"

  同义词： take

• indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

  "The gauge read `empty'"

  同义词： register show record

• be a student of a certain subject

  "She is reading for the bar exam"

  同义词： learn study take

• audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
• to hear and understand

  "I read you loud and clear!"

• make sense of a language

  "Can you read Greek?"

  同义词： understand interpret translate