Ringer
['rɪŋə] or ['rɪŋɚ]
解释:
(noun.) (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg.
(noun.) a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses.
(noun.) a person who is almost identical to another.
编辑:丽诺尔--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) One who, or that which, rings; especially, one who rings chimes on bells.
(n.) A crowbar.
(n.) A horse that is not entitled to take part in a race, but is fraudulently got into it.
手打:尼尔
例句:
- The illuminated village had seized hold of the tocsin, and, abolishing the lawful ringer, rang for joy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- The ringers cracked a bell in Briarfield belfry; it is dissonant to this day. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The ringers at East Egdon were announcing the nuptials of Eustacia and her son. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
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