ring a bell
collocation让某人想起；听着耳熟
That name rings a bell, but I can't place it.
那个名字听着耳熟，但我想不起来在哪儿听过。
（使）发出铃声；（铃、电话等）响
ringing — present participle of ring
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（使）发出铃声；（铃、电话等）响
To make or cause to make a bell-like sound; (of a telephone) to sound.
She rang me yesterday to confirm the appointment.
她昨天打电话给我确认了约会。
包围或围绕。
To enclose or surround.
钟等发出共鸣声。
Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
在周围切开；环切；从树上切除一圈树皮以杀死它。
To make an incision around; to girdle; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it.
使(钟等)发出响亮的声音。
To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
ring
Base
原形
rings
3rd person
第三人称单数
ringing
-ing
现在分词
rang
Past
过去式
rung
Past participle
过去分词
I ring the bell every morning.
我每天早上按铃。
She rang me yesterday.
她昨天给我打了电话。
He has rung the doorbell three times.
他已经按了三次门铃。
不规则动词，过去式是rang，过去分词是rung。
The phone rings every time I sit down to eat.
每次我坐下来吃饭时电话就响。
His laughter was ringing through the hall.
他的笑声在大厅里回响。
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让某人想起；听着耳熟
That name rings a bell, but I can't place it.
那个名字听着耳熟，但我想不起来在哪儿听过。
按门铃
He rang the doorbell and waited.
他按了门铃，然后等着。
给某人打电话
I'll ring you up when I get the results.
我一拿到结果就给你打电话。
（声音）突然响起
Cheers rang out from the crowd.
人群中响起了欢呼声。
听起来真实可信
Her story doesn't quite ring true.
她的叙述听起来不太可信。
迎接新年（尤指以钟声或庆祝活动）
We rang in the New Year with a toast.
我们举杯迎接新年。
听着耳熟；引起模糊回忆
That name rings a bell, but I can't remember where I heard it.
那个名字听着耳熟，但我记不起在哪里听到过。
听起来真实可信
Her story rings true to me.
她的叙述在我听来是真实的。
迎来，庆祝（新年等）
We rang in the New Year with champagne.
我们喝香槟庆祝新年。
敲响仍能敲响的钟。
He rang the bell to signal the start of the race.
他敲响了铃，示意比赛开始。
敲钟送旧岁，鸣钟迎新年。
The church bells rang in the new year at midnight.
午夜时分，教堂的钟声迎来了新的一年。
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想象戒指(ring)掉在地上发出铃声(ring)的响声,一个词记住'环'和'响'两个意思。
语域：mixed 常见场景：电话或门铃响起、包围或环绕的书面描述、给鸟类等套环的专业场景 该词作动词时含义跨度较大：‘铃/电话响’通常为日常中性用法；‘环绕、包围’和‘给……套环’（如鸟类环志）则多用于正式或技术性语境，实际使用时宜根据搭配判断。
British English: use for telephone calls.
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