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词汇 ring
释义
ring
1. noun
1
a telephone call UK, 1900.
2
the anus. From the shape UK, 1949.
3
a circular area where the game of two-up takes place AUSTRALIA, 1896.
4
collectively, the bookmakers at a racecourse AUSTRALIA, 1877. get a ring in your nosein horse racing, to lose all your money betting US, 1951. put the ring around itto confirm something as definite NEW ZEALAND, 1978
2. verb
1
to provide one thing disguised as another UK, 1812.
2
to open and pilfer a cash register US, 1965.
3
to shout BARBADOS, 1965. ring it onto outwit someone UK, 1977. ring the bell1. to make a successful attempt at something. Probably from a fairground challenge UK, 1966.2. to achieve success beyond expectations US, 1950. ring the berriesin ice hockey, to hit the goalie with a hard shot between the legs CANADA, 1985. ring your chimesto strike someone on the head with great force US, 1981
idiomringgo/reach/grab for the brass ring AmEAmE(also get the brass ring)to try to achieve or get something that is the best of its kind:At the time I was searching for that brass ring, saying "I'm as good as him, why am I not on the national news?"In order to get best information, people have to know what to ask for, and they are unlikely to have the pushy, aggressive stance that may be required to get the brass ring.The key question is: How many other nations, operating secret atomic programs, are drawing within reach of the nuclear brass ring?ring hollow(also have a hollow ring)if a statement, promise etc rings hollow, you do not feel that it is true or sincere:To me, most theories of employee management ring hollow, because they do not take the great differences between people's personalities into account.Promises to improve the public health service have a hollow ring unless they are accompanied by a commitment to spend money on this improvement.ring trueif a statement, description etc rings true, it gives the effect of being completely true, and you believe it at once:Some of the things my therapist said rang so true that they were like a punch in the stomach.She claimed she had been in town all afternoon, but her story somehow didn't ring true.The best thing about the novel is a description of a Jewish community in 1930s New York that rings completely true.
phrasering[rang, rung, ringing]
ring around
► see ring round
ring back
ring backring sb back not passive BrE especially spoken to telephone someone for a second time, or to telephone someone who phoned you when you were not available: Can I give Jane a message, or will you ring back later? Mr. Harrison's busy right now, but I'll ask him to ring you back. SIMILAR TO: call back, return sb's call
ring in 1. ring in BrE to telephone the place where you work or where you are expected, for example to say why you are not there: Joan rang in to say she was sick If patients can't get to the clinic on time, I wish they'd ring in and tell us.2. ring in the New Year to celebrate the beginning of the new year by ringing church bells: Churches all over the land will be ringing in the New Year.
ring off
ring off BrE to end a telephone call and put down the part of the telephone that you speak into: Don't ring off. I've something else to tell you. I have to ring off now - there's someone at the door. SIMILAR TO: hang up
ring out 1. ring out if the sound of a bell, a voice, gunshot etc rings out, you can hear it loudly and clearly: Shots rang out and at least 20 demonstrators fell to the ground. church bells ringing out over the sunlit streets2. ring out the old year to celebrate the end of the year by ringing the church bells: I heard the bells of St Peter's ringing out the old year.
ring round/around
ring round/aroundring round/around sth/sb BrE to telephone several people or places in order to arrange something or find out information: I'm just ringing round to remind everybody about the meeting next Friday. I rang around all the hotels in town, but they were all full. SIMILAR TO: phone around, call around AmE
ring up 1. ring sb upring up sbring up BrE to telephone someone: He rang me up that same evening and asked me out for a drink. I rang up the ticket office, but I just got a recorded message. Someone rang up while you were out. SIMILAR TO: phone, call2. ring up sth if a company rings up a profit, it makes that profit: Tesco is expected to ring up another 28% rise in profits.3. ring up sthring sth up if a person working in a shop rings up an amount of money, they record the amount the customer has spent by pressing the buttons of the cash register (= a machine used for storing and recording amounts of money in a shop): I was astonished at what the bill came to when it was rung up on the till.4. ring up sth AmE to spend a large amount of money: He rang up a bill of about $1000 at the gift shop before catching his flight home. SIMILAR TO: run up

ring (someone's)

chimes/bells Slang
To knock (an opponent) out by physical or other force.
See:
  • (one's) ears are ringing
  • a three-ring circus
  • alarm bells start ringing
  • alarm bells start to ring
  • be ringing off the hook
  • brass ring
  • bring down the curtain (on something)
  • bring/ring down the curtain
  • give (one) a ring
  • give a ring
  • Give me a call
  • give somebody a ring
  • give someone a ring
  • hat in the ring, to put/throw one's
  • have a familiar ring
  • have a ring to it
  • hold the ring
  • jump in
  • like a three-ring circus
  • make the welkin ring
  • one's ears are ringing
  • pudding ring
  • put (one's) hat in(to) the ring
  • ring
  • ring (one's) bell
  • ring (one's) bells
  • ring (one's) chimes
  • ring a bell
  • ring around
  • ring around (someone or something)
  • ring back
  • ring down the curtain
  • ring down the curtain (on something)
  • ring down the curtain (on), to
  • ring down the curtain on
  • ring false
  • ring hollow
  • ring in (one's) ears
  • ring in (one's) head
  • ring in ears
  • ring in the new year
  • ring in your ears
  • ring in your ears/head
  • ring of steel
  • ring of truth, the
  • ring off the hook
  • ring one's chimes
  • ring out
  • ring out the old
  • ring out the old and ring in the new
  • ring someone's bell
  • ring the bell
  • ring the changes
  • ring the changes, to
  • ring the curtain down
  • ring the curtain down (on something)
  • ring the curtain up
  • ring the curtain up (on something)
  • ring the knell of
  • ring the knell of (something)
  • ring true
  • ring true/false/hollow
  • ring up
  • ring up the curtain
  • ring up the curtain (on something)
  • ring with
  • rings a bell, that
  • ring-tailed snorter
  • run circles around
  • run circles/rings around, to
  • run rings around
  • run rings around (one)
  • run rings around someone
  • run rings around/round somebody/something
  • run rings round (one)
  • run rings round someone
  • set alarm bells ringing
  • the brass ring
  • three-ring circus
  • three-ring circus, a
  • throw (one's) hat in(to) the ring
  • throw one’s hat in the ring
  • throw one's hat in the ring
  • throw your hat in the ring
  • throw your hat into the ring
  • toss (one's) hat in(to) the ring
  • toss hat into the ring
  • warning bells start ringing
  • warning bells start to ring
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