| 单词 | ringer |
| 释义 | ringer (once / 7172 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n If you enter an amateur baking contest pretending to be self-taught when you're actually a French-trained pastry chef, you are a ringer. A ringer is a contestant who lies about his experience. The idea of a ringer first developed in horse racing, where fast horses were sometime substituted, secretly, for slower ones — this was originally known as a "ring-in." It's thought to have come from the British term of the same name, which means "substitute or exchange." Ringers are occasionally used in many different sports and competitions, in an attempt to gain a sneaky kind of advantage. WORD FAMILYringer: ringers+/ring: rang, ringed, ringer, ringing, ringlike, rings/ringing: ringings USAGE EXAMPLESAll of the children also were bell ringers. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) “I’ve learned that a lot of people are kind and generous in a cynical world,” the bell ringer says. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) "We are grateful to the ringers of Yorkshire for kindly providing such a wonderful festive welcome for worshippers to the cathedral tonight," she said. BBC(Dec 22, 2016) 1 n (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg 2Hyper throw the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist) n a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation) 3Syn|Hyper bell ringer, toller signaler, signaller someone who communicates by signals n a person who is almost identical to another 4Syn|Hyper clone, dead ringer double, image, look-alike someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor) n a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses Hyper fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer a person who makes deceitful pretenses |
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