readable
/ˈriːdəb(ə)l/
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rea - dab - le -> readable
read /ri:d/ v (pt, pp read /red/)
၁။ (used in the simple tenses or with can/be able ) စာဖတ်သည်။ teach children (how) to read and write. ❍ learn (how) to read ❍ read shorthand/Chinese (characters)/Braille/music ❍ I can't read your writing. ❍ I can't read that road sign without my glasses.
၂။ ~ sth (to sb/oneself) စာဖတ်သည်။ ဖတ်ပြသည်။ ဖတ်ရှုသည်။ I never have enough time to read/for reading. ❍ read a book/a magazine/the newspaper ❍ a novel that is not read much these days (ie few people read it) ❍ The children were told to read quietly to themselves for half an hour. ❍ She read (to us) from her book. ❍ He read the poem aloud. ❍ He read the article through twice. ❍ Read this over for mistakes. ❍ Read what the instructions say. ❍ She read a story to us/read us a story. See also PROOFREAD
၃။ ဖတ်သည်။ ကြည့် သည်။ read the news/the share prices ❍ I read about her death in today's paper. ❍ I read that he had resigned.
၄။ ~ (for) sth (Brit ) တက္ကသိုလ်တွင် ဘာသာရပ်တစ်ခုခုကို သင် သည်။ read English/law at Oxford ❍ read for a physics degree ❍ read for the Bar (ie study law to become a BARRISTER).
၅။ မှန်းဆကြည့်သည်။ (လှုပ်ရှားမှု၊ မူဟန် အနေအထား၊ သွင်ပြင်လက္ခဏာမှ) အဓိပ္ပာယ်ကောက်သည်၊ အတိတ် နိမိတ်ဖတ်သည်၊ ကောက်ချက်ဖော်ထုတ်သည်။ read sb's mind/thoughts ❍ read sb's lips (ie look at the movements of sb's lips to learn what they are saying) ❍ read (sb's fortune in) the cards ❍ Doctors must be able to read symptoms correctly. ❍ How do you read the present situation? ❍ Silence must not always be read as consent. See also LIP-READ
၆။ ရေးသားသည်။ ဖော်ပြသည်။ The sign reads ‘Keep Left’. ❍ I've changed the last paragraph. It now reads as follows…
၇။ (က) (အတိုင်း အတာပမာဏ တစ်ရပ်ကို) ပြသည်။ What does the thermometer read?
(ခ) (မီတာစသော တိုင်းတာမှုကိရိယာကို) ဖတ်သည်။ ကြည့်သည်။ read the gas/electricity meter ❍ I can't read what the thermometer says.
၈။ ဖတ်ရာ၌ …ခံစားမှုရရှိသည်။ The story reads well/badly. ❍ The poem reads like (ie sounds as if it is) a translation.
၉။ ရေဒီယိုလွှင့်ချက် ဖမ်းယူရရှိသည်။ ‘Are you reading me?’ ‘I'm reading you loud and clear. ’
၁၀။ ~ A for B; ~ B as A အစားထိုး ပြင်ဆင်ယူပါ။ For ‘neat’ in line 3 read ‘nest’.
n [sing] (infml esp Brit )
၁။ ဖတ်ခြင်း။ have a long/quiet/little read ❍ Can I have a read of your magazine?
၂။ (with an adj ) ဖတ်စရာ (ကောင်းသော)စာအုပ်။ The novel is/makes an excellent read.
/red/ adj (preceded by an adv ) … လေ့လာမှုရှိသော။ a well-read person ❍ be widely read in the classics.
❏ readable /'ri:dǝbl/ adj
၁။ ဖတ်ပျော်သော။ a highly readable style/essay/article.
၂။ ဖတ်၍ရသော။ Compare LEGIBLE readability /ri:dǝ'blǝti/ n [U]
❏ read sth back [PHRV ] ပြန်ဖတ်ပြသည်။ I'll dictate the letter and then you can read it back to me.
❏ read between the lines [IDM ] အတိအလင်း ဖော်ပြမထား သော ဆိုလိုချက်ကို သုံးသပ်ဖော်ထုတ်မိသည်။ I read between the lines of her letter that she had driven him out, and I rejoiced.
❏ read sth into sth [PHRV ] အပိုဆောင်းပြီး ကောက်ချက်ချ သည်။ You have read too much into what she said. I'm sure she didn't mean it!
❏ read sb like a book [IDM ] (infml ) (တစ်ယောက် ယောက်နှင့်ပတ်သက်၍) အူမချေးခါးကအစ သိသည်။ I can read you like a book: you're not sorry at all.
❏ read on [PHRV ] ဆက်ဖတ်သည်။ That's the story so far. Now read on.
❏ read-only memory n (abbr ROM) (computing ) ပြုပြင်ထုတ်ပယ်မရအောင် စီမံထည့်သွင်းထားသော မှတ်ဉာဏ် အပိုင်း။ ထာဝရမှတ်ဉာဏ်။ The most important programs are in the read-only memory. Compare RANDOM-ACCESS
❏ read-out n (computing ) ဖန်သားပေါ် (သို့) ပုံနှိပ်စာအဖြစ် ကွန်ပျူတာက ပြသထုတ်ပေးသော အချက်အလက်။
❏ read sth out [PHRV ] ဖတ်ပြသည်။ She read out the letter to the whole family.
❑ read (sb) the Riot Act [IDM ] (Brit ) ပြင်းပြင်းထန်ထန် ဆုံးမတားမြစ်သည်။ When he arrived late again, the teacher read him the Riot Act.
❏ read sb/sth up; read up on sb/sth [PHRV ] အလေးအနက် ဖတ်ရှုလေ့လာသည်။ I've got to read Nelson up/read up on Nelson for the history exam.
❏ take it/sth as read [IDM ] တိုတိုနှင့်လိုရင်းဆိုကြစို့။ We can take it as read that you want the job.
- I read a few chapters of a book every night.
- He was sitting reading in the waiting room.
- [read and write] : By the age of five, he was able to read and write.
- [read something from cover to cover] : I always read the paper from cover to cover.
- [read (something) to someone] : Reading to young children helps develop their language skills.
- [read someone something] : Read me that last sentence again.
- [read (something) aloud/out loud] : I’m going to read this poem aloud.
- [read from something] : She will be reading from her latest novel.
- [read about] : He likes reading about wildlife.
- [read something in something] : We read it in the local paper.
- [for something, read something] : On page 61, for ‘three thousand’, read ‘three million’.
- [read something as something] : The figure £600 should be read as $600.
- Has the man been to read the gas meter?
- They had read the situation extremely accurately.
- [read something as something] : We had read their decision as an admission of failure.
- The label read, ‘Suitable only for children over three’.
- The thermometer has been reading over 90 degrees all day.
- It was difficult to read his expression.
- In general, the script reads beautifully.
- This is Charlie Alpha Five. Do you read me?
Try to say the meaning first, then reveal the answer.