/ˈrɪŋər/
Ringer 主要有两个常见含义:
另外,短语 dead ringer 意为"极其相似的人或物"。
She turned off the ringer on her phone during the meeting.
她在开会时关掉了手机铃声。
The team was disqualified after officials discovered that one of their players was a ringer who had been brought in from a professional league.
在官员发现他们的一名球员是从职业联赛引入的冒名顶替者后,该队被取消了资格。
Ringer 源自英语单词 ring(铃声、响声),加上表示施动者的后缀 -er。最初指"敲钟的人"或"发出铃声的东西"。到了19世纪末,美国俚语中衍生出"冒名顶替者"的含义,可能与赛马中用外貌相似的马替换参赛马的作弊行为有关,这种替换就像"换了个铃铛"一样以假乱真。短语 dead ringer(酷似之人)也由此而来,其中 dead 意为"完全的、精确的"。