lipread

/ˈlɪpɹiːd/ verb

To determine a person's speech by watching the movement of their lips.

Word Origin Lipread is a straightforward compound: lip + read. 'Read' comes from Old English rǣdan, which originally meant 'to advise, interpret' — so reading is interpreting symbols. Lipreading is interpreting lip movements. The same 'read' root gives us 'riddle' (something to interpret) and 'ready' (prepared, originally 'advised').

verb To determine a person's speech by watching the movement of their lips.

As a hearing-impaired person, she learned to lipread with remarkable accuracy.

(动词) 唇读;读唇

作为一名听力受损者,她学会了非常准确地读唇。

(verbo) leer los labios [Determinar el habla de una persona observando el movimiento de sus labios.]

Como persona con discapacidad auditiva, aprendió a leer los labios con una precisión remarkable.

(verbe) lire sur les lèvres; déchiffrer les lèvres [Déterminer les paroles d'une personne en observant le mouvement de ses lèvres.]

Sourde, elle a appris à **lipread** avec une précision remarquable.

(Verb) von den Lippen ablesen [Die Worte einer Person erkennen, indem man die Bewegung ihrer Lippen beobachtet.]

Als hörgeschädigte Person lernte sie, mit bemerkenswerter Genauigkeit zu **lipread**.

(動詞) 相手の唇の動きを見て、その人の speech を判断すること。読唇。

彼女は hearing-impaired な人として、remarkable な正確さで**lipread**を覚えた。

(verbo) ler os lábios; labioleitura [Determinar a fala de uma pessoa observando o movimento dos lábios.]

Como pessoa com deficiência auditiva, ela aprendeu a fazer leitura labial com notável precisão.

Word parts: lip + read

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