ringer

英 ['rɪŋə] 美 ['rɪŋɚ]
  • n. 套环,投环;按铃者;敲钟者
  • n. (Ringer)人名;(英、德、匈、瑞典)林格

中文词源


ringer 冒名顶替非法参赛的马或人

来自 ring,响铃,敲铃,-er,人。字面意思即敲铃人,来自过去赛马时一种以好马充次马赢得 比赛的作弊手段。后引申该词义。

英文词源


ringer (n.)
early 15c., "one who rings" (a bell), agent noun from ring (v.1). In quoits (and by extension, horseshoes) from 1863, from ring (v.2). Especially in be a dead ringer for "resemble closely," 1891, from ringer, a fast horse entered fraudulently in a race in place of a slow one (the verb to ring in this sense is attested from 1812), possibly from British ring in "substitute, exchange," via ring the changes, "substitute counterfeit money for good," a pun on ring the changes in the sense of play the regular series of variations in a peal of bells (1610s). Meaning "expert" is first recorded 1918, Australian slang, from earlier meaning "man who shears the most sheep per day" (1871).

双语例句


1. She's a dead ringer for a girl I used to know.
她酷似以前我认识的一个女孩.

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2. That man is a ringer for so - and - so.
那个人很像某人.

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3. Oh my God, your boyfriend dead ringer for Tom Cruise!
噢我的天哪, 你的男朋友长得特像汤姆?克鲁斯!

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4. Twenty - four animals were randomized into control, lactated Ringer's solution and HES groups.
方法:24只动物随机分为对照组 、 乳酸林格液组和hes组.

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5. That man is a dead ringer of Jay Chou.
那个人象极了周杰伦.

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