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单词 ringer
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ring•er1 /ˈrɪŋɚ/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [countable]
  1. a person or thing that encircles something.

ring•er2 /ˈrɪŋɚ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a person or thing that rings or makes a ringing noise.
  2. something or someone looking exactly like another.
  3. a racehorse or an athlete entering a competition under false pretenses.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ring•er1  (ringər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person or thing that encircles, rings, etc.
  2. Slang Termsa quoit or horseshoe so thrown as to encircle the peg.
  3. Slang Termsthe throw itself.
  4. GamesAlso, ringers. 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. British Terms[Australian.]a highly skilled sheep shearer.
  • ring1 + -er1 1815–25

ring•er2  (ringər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person or thing that rings or makes a ringing noise:a ringer of bells; a bell that is a loud ringer.
  2. See dead ringer. 
  3. [Slang.]
    • a racehorse, athlete, or the like entered in a competition under false representation as to identity or ability.
    • a student paid by another to take an exam.
    • any person or thing that is fraudulent;
      fake or impostor.
    • a substitute or addition, as a professional musician hired to strengthen a school orchestra:We hired three ringers for the commencement concert.
  • 1375–1425; late Middle English; see ring2, -er1

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ringer /ˈrɪŋə/ n
  1. a person or thing that rings a bell
  2. Also called: dead ringer slang 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. US a contestant, esp a horse, entered in a competition under false representations of identity, record, or ability
  5. Austral NZ the fastest shearer in a shed
  6. Austral informal the fastest or best at anything
  7. a quoit thrown so as to encircle a peg
  8. such a throw
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