ringer

noun

/ˈrɪŋə(r)/

/ˈrɪŋər/

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(also bell-ringer)
a person who rings church bells as a hobby（教堂的）業餘敲鐘人
a device that makes a ringing sound, for example on a phone（以冒名頂替等手段）非法參賽的馬（或人）
- It's easy to adjust the ringer volume.調節鈴聲音量很容易。
a horse or person that takes part in a race illegally, for example by using a false name（以冒名頂替等手段）非法參賽的馬（或人）Topics Sports: other sportsc2

Idioms

be a dead ringer for somebody

(informal) to look very like somebody酷似，極像（某人）；（和某人）一模一樣
- She's a dead ringer for a girl I used to know.她酷似我以前認識的一個女孩。

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