lip-read /ˈlɪp riːd/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp lip-read) [intransitiveI, transitiveT] SLUNDERSTANDto understand what someone is saying by watching the way their lips move, because you cannot hear them 〔因听不见而〕观唇辨意,唇读 —lip-reading noun [uncountableU]