Lip-read
vt. 视话, 唇读\\nvi. 用唇读方法
📖 牛津释义
lip-read
v (pt, pp lip-read ) [I, Tn]
understand (what sb is saying) by watching his lip movements, not by hearing (eg because one is deaf) 唇读, 观唇辨意（如因耳聋）.
🧩 词语组成解析
lip
[lip]
n. 嘴唇;（杯，壶等的）口，边缘;〈俚〉无理的回答;〈美〉律师;
adj. 唇的;口头上的;唇音的;
vt. 用嘴唇接触;接吻;〈俚〉轻轻地说，唱;把高尔夫球打到穴边而未进去;
read
[rid]
vt.& vi. 阅读，朗读;显示;研究;看得懂;
vt. 显示;阅读;读懂，理解;
n. 阅读;读物;读书;里德（人名）;
adj. 被朗读的;博识的;博览的;有学问的;
🗣️ 情景例句
we would like to have our investments returned as early and safely as possible.
我们总想尽早而又安全地收回我们的投资。
A tattler is worse than a thief.
搬弄是非者，恶劣甚于贼。
In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences -- most of them wildly improbable.
在19世纪，小说家常在小说结尾处给读者准备一系列的巧合——大部分是牵强附会，极不可能的。