misread

verb
🔊/ˌmɪsˈriːd/
🔊/ˌmɪsˈriːd/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they misread
🔊/ˌmɪsˈriːd/
🔊/ˌmɪsˈriːd/
he / she / it misreads
🔊/ˌmɪsˈriːdz/
🔊/ˌmɪsˈriːdz/
past simple misread
🔊/ˌmɪsˈred/
🔊/ˌmɪsˈred/
past participle misread
🔊/ˌmɪsˈred/
🔊/ˌmɪsˈred/
-ing form misreading
🔊/ˌmɪsˈriːdɪŋ/
🔊/ˌmɪsˈriːdɪŋ/
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  1. to understand somebody/something wrongly误解 synonym misinterpret
    • misread something I'm afraid I completely misread the situation.恐怕我完全看错了形势。🔊🔊
    • She had seen the warning signs but she had misread them.她已经看到了警示,却理解错了。
    • misread something as something His confidence was misread as arrogance.他的自信被误解为傲慢。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • completely
    • totally
    • badly
    preposition
    • as
    See full entry
  2. misread something (as something) to read something wrongly读错;误读
    • I misread the 1 as a 7.我把 1 错当成 7 了。🔊🔊
    • You must have misread the address.您必须误读了地址。
    • I misread ‘Mrs’ as ‘Mr’.我把Mrs错看成了Mr。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • completely
    • totally
    • badly
    preposition
    • as
    See full entry