| 单词 | ring-keeper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasring-keeper ring-keeper n. (a) a person responsible for the safe keeping of a ring; (b) a person responsible for keeping order in a ring, esp. at a prizefight; (c) a guard ring, a device to keep a ring in place. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > official ring-keeper1860 1788 J. Cooper tr. A. Berquin Children's Friend (new ed.) II. 93 What is it to me? said I to him. Am I your ring-keeper? 1860 Punch 28 Apr. 177/3 The ring-keepers o'erthrown;—The broken ring,—the cumbered fight. 1912 Chambers's Jrnl. 394/1 He organized a body of ‘ring-keepers’ to preserve order as far as possible. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 490 The virgins..burst through the ringkeepers and the ropes and mob him with open arms. 1998 Skydiving Mar. 15/4 Griffin inspected Nehl's equipment after the accident. ‘One toggle was fully extended and the other was up, against the ring-keeper,’ he said. ‘This indicates to me that he initiated a maximum control input that created an uncontrollable spiral.’ < as lemmas |
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