Word · Frequency #24675
Fully loadedringers
敲钟人;摇铃的人
ringers is the plural of ringer.
核心释义
A person who rings a bell or other ringing instrument.
- 1.
敲铃的人,尤指敲钟人。
Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer.
- 2.
给鸟腿套上环标的人。
A person who places rings or bands on a bird's leg.
- 3.
被请来(常指欺骗性地)增强队伍的高水平选手。
A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.
- 4.
与另一人、动物或实体极其相似以致被误认为对方的人或物。
A person, animal, or entity which resembles another so closely as to be taken for the other; a look-alike (now usually in the phrase dead ringer).
- 5.
滚边T恤。
A ringer T-shirt.
- 6.
撬棍。
A crowbar.
- 7.
马蹄铁游戏中马蹄铁套住桩子的情形。
In the game of horseshoes, the event of the horseshoe landing around the pole.
酷似的人(或物);替身;(常指以欺骗方式)请来增强实力的高手;冒名顶替的选手;冒名参赛的马;冒名顶替的赛马;滚边T恤;罗纹领T恤;(马蹄铁游戏中)套桩;套中桩子的投掷
用法In use
My cousin is a ringer for that actor, so strangers often ask for his autograph.
用法提示:名词 ringer 表示‘酷似某人的人’,后接 for 引出相似的对象。
The puppy is a ringer for the one we saw at the pet store yesterday, so we adopted it.
用法提示:这里 ringer 指‘与另一动物极相似的动物’,用作名词。
With those glasses and that hairstyle, she is a complete ringer for the teacher we had last year.
用法提示:句中 ringer 作名词,表示‘外表极其相似的人’,用 a complete ringer for 强调相似程度。
be a ringer for sb/sth
该结构表示外貌或特征十分相似;若要强调“几乎一模一样”,常用 be a dead ringer for。
She is a ringer for the singer.
她长得酷似那位歌手。
bring in a ringer to do sth
此义指为获胜而秘密请来的高水平选手,常含欺骗或违规的意味。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- bell ringer
- 敲钟人;摇铃人
- The bell ringer pulled the rope and the church bells began to sound.敲钟人拉动绳子,教堂的钟声响了起来。
- dead ringer
- 酷似的人;长相一模一样的人
- She is a dead ringer for the actress.她长得跟那位女演员一模一样。
- bring in a ringer
- 请来(常指以欺骗方式)高水平选手
- They brought in a ringer for the final match.决赛时他们请来了一名高手(参赛)。
- throw a ringer
- (马蹄铁游戏中)投出套桩环
- He threw a ringer to win the game.他投出一个套桩环,赢得了比赛。
- bird ringer
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 ringer 拆成 ring(铃声)+ er(人)来记:敲铃的人;再联想“酷似的人”就像同一只铃铛,容易让人认错。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:church bell-ringing、bird banding、sports team recruitment、informal lookalike remarks 该词语域因义项而异:表示“敲钟人”或“给鸟腿套环标的人”时较正式/中性;表示“酷似的人”“冒名顶替者”或“秘密请来增强实力的高手”时多用于非正式口语。建议根据搭配判断,例如 a dead ringer for 常用于口语。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
singer、bringer、stinger 与 ringer 押韵:重读元音都是 /ɪ/,后跟 /ŋə/(美式英语为 /ŋər/)。finger、ginger、linger 虽然拼写也以 -inger 结尾,但读音不同:finger 和 linger 读作 /ˈfɪŋɡə/、/ˈlɪŋɡə/(含 /ŋɡ/),ginger 读作 /ˈdʒɪndʒə/(含 /ndʒ/),不要将它们与 ringer 混为一谈。
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