Today's reading is excerpted from a collection of poetry by Byron.是什么意思？

Today's reading is excerpted from a collection of poetry by Byron.

今天的阅读材料摘自拜伦的一本诗集.

reading

n. 阅读，宣读，读物，读数；v. 读( read的现在分词)，看懂，理解，显示，标明；

例句
Listening to his life story is akin to reading a good adventure novel.
听他的人生故事犹如阅读一本精彩的冒险小说。

is

vt.& vi. 是（be的三单形式；n. 存在；

例句
Bollinger 'RD' is a rare, highly prized wine.
博林格RD香槟是一种名贵的备受推崇的葡萄酒。

excerpted

N-COUNT 摘录;节选;选段；V-PASSIVE 摘录;节选；

例句
The readings you heard earlier were excerpted from a new oral history of Pearl Harbor.
你之前听到的朗读片段节选自一部新的珍珠港口述史。

from

prep. （表示时间）从…，（表示原因）因为，（表示来源）来自…，（表示分离）与…分离[隔开]；

例句
...an abortive attempt to prevent the current President from taking office.
企图阻止现任总统连任的失败尝试

collection

n. 收集，采集，征收，收藏品，募捐；

例句
Chris likes music and has a large collection of albums and cassettes.
克里斯喜欢音乐，收集了大量的唱片和磁带。

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

poetry

n. 诗，诗歌，诗意，诗情，作诗，诗歌艺术；

例句
He thought the poetry of Whitman barbarous.
他认为惠特曼的诗歌太粗俗。

by

prep. 在…旁边，表示方式，由于，经过；adv. 经过，表示保留或保存时用，短暂拜访；

例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我们所见的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂贵化妆品

Byron

n. 拜伦(m.)；

例句
Charles Babbage & Ada Byron ( Lady Lovelace ) worked on programmable mechanical calculating machines.
CharlesBabbage 和adaByron发明了可编程的机械式计算器 ( 差分机 ).