ringer
- n. 套環(huán),投環(huán);按鈴者;敲鐘者
- n. (Ringer)人名;(英、德、匈、瑞典)林格
詞態(tài)變化
中文詞源
來(lái)自 ring,響鈴,敲鈴,-er,人。字面意思即敲鈴人,來(lái)自過(guò)去賽馬時(shí)一種以好馬充次馬贏得 比賽的作弊手段。后引申該詞義。
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. She's a dead ringer for a girl I used to know.
- 她酷似以前我認(rèn)識(shí)的一個(gè)女孩.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 2. That man is a ringer for so - and - so.
- 那個(gè)人很像某人.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 3. Oh my God, your boyfriend dead ringer for Tom Cruise!
- 噢我的天哪, 你的男朋友長(zhǎng)得特像湯姆?克魯斯!
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. Twenty - four animals were randomized into control, lactated Ringer's solution and HES groups.
- 方法:24只動(dòng)物隨機(jī)分為對(duì)照組 、 乳酸林格液組和hes組.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. That man is a dead ringer of Jay Chou.
- 那個(gè)人象極了周杰倫.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)