亚洲网紅露点

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ringer

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[ ring-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that encircles, rings, etc.
  2. a quoit or horseshoe so thrown as to encircle the peg.
  3. the throw itself.
  4. Also 谤颈苍驳顎侥谤蝉. Also called ring taw. Marbles. a game in which players place marbles in a cross marked in the center of a circle, the object being to knock as many marbles as possible outside the circle by using another marble shooter.
  5. Australian. a highly skilled sheep shearer.


ringer

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[ ring-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that rings or makes a ringing noise:

    a ringer of bells;

    a bell that is a loud ringer.

  2. Synonyms: , , , ,

  3. Slang.
    1. a racehorse, athlete, or the like entered in a competition under false representation as to identity or ability.
    2. a student paid by another to take an exam.
    3. any person or thing that is fraudulent; fake or impostor.
    4. a substitute or addition, as a professional musician hired to strengthen a school orchestra:

      We hired three ringers for the commencement concert.

ringer

/ 藞谤瑟艐蓹 /

noun

  1. a person or thing that rings a bell
  2. slang.
    Also calleddead ringer a person or thing that is almost identical to another
  3. slang.
    a stolen vehicle the identity of which has been changed by the use of the licence plate, serial number, etc, of another, usually disused, vehicle
  4. a contestant, esp a horse, entered in a competition under false representations of identity, record, or ability
  5. the fastest shearer in a shed
  6. informal.
    the fastest or best at anything
  7. a quoit thrown so as to encircle a peg
  8. such a throw
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of ringer1

First recorded in 1815鈥25; ring 1 + -er 1

Origin of ringer2

First recorded in 1375鈥1425; ring 2 + -er 1( def )
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They鈥檙e pretty much dead ringers for each other, especially when they showed up to Augusta National this week wearing the same gray quarter-zip pullovers.

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Could he be a ringer in Duke intramural basketball?

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Tom Hollander is a dead ringer for Capote, while Naomi Watts鈥 Babe Paley is stunning and tragic.

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"I think he's literally gone through the ringer," she said.

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Forman鈥檚 comical look at the decathlon is scored with bell ringers and yodelers, while Schlesinger鈥檚 intense 鈥淭he Longest鈥 intermixes the marathon with the attack by Palestinian terrorists on the Israeli quarters in the Olympic Village.

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