someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
a person who can read; a literate person
someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
a public lecturer at certain universities
one of a series of texts for students learning to read
中英词源
reader 读者，读物
来自 read,阅读，-er,人。其古义包含顾问者，建议者，指导老师等。
reader (n.)
Old English rædere "person who reads aloud to others; lector; scholar; diviner, interpreter," agent noun from rædan (see read (v.)). Compare Dutch rader "adviser," Old High German ratari "counselor." Old English fem. form was rædistre.
词态变化
复数 readers;
权威造句
1. Thanks to that job I became an avid reader.
多亏了那份工作我才成了一个喜欢阅读的人。
来自柯林斯例句
2. This book is intended for the general reader rather than the student.
这本书面向一般读者而非学生。
来自柯林斯例句
3. John Stevenson is Reader in History at the University of Sheffield.
约翰·史蒂文森是谢菲尔德大学的历史学高级讲师。
来自柯林斯例句
4. He misses not having enough books because he"s an avid reader.
