ringer
US /ˈrɪŋ.ɚ/
UK /ˈrɪŋ.ər/
名詞
1.
酷似者, 冒名頂替者
a person or thing that closely resembles another
範例:
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He's a dead ringer for his father.
他和他父親長得一模一樣。
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The new car is a real ringer for the classic model.
這款新車與經典車型非常相似。
2.
冒名頂替者, 作弊者
a person who is not what he or she seems to be, especially one who is entered fraudulently in a competition
範例:
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They suspected the new player was a ringer, too good to be true.
他們懷疑新來的選手是個冒名頂替者，好得令人難以置信。
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The horse race was fixed; the winning horse was a known ringer.
賽馬被操縱了；那匹獲勝的馬是眾所周知的冒名頂替者。
3.
鈴, 敲鐘人
a bell or something that rings
範例:
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The church ringer pulled the rope to sound the bells.
教堂的敲鐘人拉動繩索敲響了鐘聲。
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The phone's ringer was set to vibrate.
手機的鈴聲設置為振動。
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