プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
よむ【読む】
&fRoman1;
❶〔声に出して読む〕
子供におとぎ話を読んでやる
read a fairy story to [for] the children
式辞を読む
read out an address
お経を読む
recite [chant] a sutra
❷〔内容を〕
その本は時折少しずつ読む本で，一気に読んでしまうものではない
It's a book to pick up and read a little at a time, not to read through at one sitting.
彼の自叙伝を読むとまるで冒険小説のようだ
His autobiography reads like an adventure story.
次の数章は飛ばして読んだ
I skipped over the next few chapters.
そんな本はざっと読めばよい
You can just scan [skim through] such a book.
その探偵小説を夢中で読んだ
He devoured the detective story.
その小説を読み終えたところだ
I've just finished reading that novel.
こうした点を頭に置いて記録を読んだ
I examined the records with these points in mind.
この週刊誌は若者の間で広く読まれている
This weekly is widely read among young people.
彼の本はこのごろほとんど読まれていない
His books are little read these days.
手紙の意味は読んで字のごとくだ
The meaning of the letter is self-evident.
その文章はいろいろに読める
The sentence can be read [interpreted] in various ways.
❸〔特殊な記号などを〕
楽譜［ガスメーター］を読む
read music [a gas meter]
時計を読む
tell time／read a clock
暗号を読む
decipher [disáifər] a code
彼の字は読めない
His writing is 「(almost) impossible to read [illegible].
&fRoman2;
❶〔探る，理解する〕
彼の心が読めなかった
I couldn't 「read his thoughts [tell what he was thinking].
彼の言わんとすることが読めた
I understood [saw] what he wanted to say.
行間の意味を読む
read between the lines
顔色を読む
read a person's attitude from 「her expression [the look on her face]
❷〔数える〕
票を読む
〔予想する〕forecast the vote count／〔投票を数える〕count the votes
秒を読む
count down
❸〔碁などで，先の手を考える〕
（碁・将棋が）強くなるためには数手先まで読むことを覚えなければだめだ
To improve the quality of your play, you have to learn to read [see] several moves ahead.