| 单词 | ring |
| 释义 | ring (once / 53 pages) 1nv 2vn 3v 4n A ring is a circular or oval shape, like the rings around Saturn or a ring of trees surrounding an open field, or the ring of delicious fried pastry that we call a doughnut. Angels are often shown in paintings with a ring hovering over their heads — a halo. And if you've ever ordered onion rings, you know that they're circle-shaped slices of onion that are battered, fried, and eaten with ketchup. Then there's the ring, usually made of silver or gold, that's worn as jewelry on a finger. As a verb, to ring is to form a circle, as in the children's song and game "Ring Around the Rosie." WORD FAMILYring: rang, ringed, ringer, ringing, ringlike, rings+/ringer: ringers/ringing: ringings USAGE EXAMPLESThat ring of the phone produced a Super Bowl ring. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Sorry, I can’t hear you, the ushers are ringing the bell. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Erickson, now a paleontologist at Florida State University in Tallahassee, noticed more than 900 fine lines resembling tree rings on the tooth. Science Magazine(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a toroidal shape a ring of ships in the harbor Syn|Hypo|Hyper anchor ring, annulus, doughnut, halo fairy circle, fairy ring a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium toroid the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus 2n a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling Syn|Hypo|Hyper hoop carabiner, karabiner, snap ring an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes collara short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part curtain ringa circular ring for holding up a curtain key ringa circular ring of metal for holding keys napkin ringa circular band used to hold a particular person's napkin nose ringa ring worn on the nose as an ornament or on the nose of an animal to control it rimthe outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached rim(basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended tire, tyrehoop that covers a wheel towel ringa circular hoop for holding a towel auto tire, automobile tire, car tire, rubber tirea tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel felloe, fellyrim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted pneumatic tire, pneumatic tyrea tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc wagon tirea metal hoop forming the tread of a wheel band a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) 3n jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger she had rings on every finger Syn|Hypo|Hyper band annulet a small ring engagement ringa ring given and worn as a sign of betrothal mourning ringa ring worn as a memorial to a dead person ringleta small ring seal ring, signet ringa ring bearing a signet wedding band, wedding ringa ring (usually plain gold) given to the bride (and sometimes one is also given to the groom) at the wedding jewellery, jewelry an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems) 4n (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper closed chain open chain a chain of atoms in a molecule whose ends are not joined to form a ring heterocycle, heterocyclic ring a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon chain, chemical chain (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) 5n a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) Syn|Hyper band slip, strip artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material 6n a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle Hypo|Hyper boxing ring, prize ring a square ring where boxers fight sumo ringthe circular ring in which Sumo wrestlers compete wrestling ringa square ring in which wrestlers compete platform a raised horizontal surface 7v extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle Syn|Hypo|Hyper border, environ, skirt, surround fringe decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe gird, girdleput a girdle on or around cloistersurround with a cloister close in, enclose, inclose, shut insurround completely hem insurround in a restrictive manner cloistersurround with a cloister, as of a garden insert, tuckfit snugly into wall in, wall upenclose with a wall bower, embowerenclose in a bower enshrine, shrineenclose in a shrine case, encase, incaseenclose in, or as if in, a case bury, eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow upenclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing border, frame, frame inenclose in or as if in a frame glass, glass inenclose with glass bankenclose with a bank dike, dykeenclose with a dike encapsulateenclose in a capsule or other small container fence, fence inenclose with a fence cordon off, rope in, rope offdivide by means of a rope casketenclose in a casket corralenclose in a corral fort, fortifyenclose by or as if by a fortification hedge, hedge inenclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges hedgehinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge adjoin, contact, meet, touch be in direct physical contact with; make contact 8v attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify 2ring birds Syn|Hyper band attach cause to be attached 1v sound loudly and sonorously the bells rang Syn|Hypo|Hyper peal ding, dingdong, dong go `ding dong', like a bell tintinnabulatering or sound like a small bell pealring recurrently knellring as in announcing death go, sound make a certain noise or sound 2v ring or echo with sound Syn|Hypo|Hyper echo, resound, reverberate consonate sound in sympathy reechorepeat or return an echo again or repeatedly; send (an echo) back reechoecho repeatedly, echo again and again bongring loudly and deeply go, sound make a certain noise or sound 3v make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification Ring the bells My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church Syn|Hypo|Hyper knell toll ring slowly sound cause to sound 4n the sound of a bell ringing the distinctive ring of the church bell Syn|Hypo|Hyper ringing, tintinnabulation bell ringing the sound of someone playing a set of bells sound the sudden occurrence of an audible event 5n a characteristic sound 3it has the ring of sincerity Hyper sound the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause v get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone 4Syn|Hypo|Hyper call, call up, phone, telephone call send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message cell phone call up by using a cellular phone call inmake a phone call telecommunicate communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail n an association of criminals Syn|Hypo|Hyper gang, mob, pack nest a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality youth ganga gang whose members are teenagers sleeper nesta nest of sleepers awaiting a prearranged signal association a formal organization of people or groups of people |
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