early 15c., "one who rings" (a bell), agent noun from ring (v.1). In quoits (and by extension, horseshoes) from 1863, from ring (v.2). Especially in be a dead ringer for "resemble closely," 1891, from ringer, a fast horse entered fraudulently in a race in place of a slow one (the verb to ring in this sense is attested from 1812), possibly from British ring in "substitute, exchange," via ring the changes, "substitute counterfeit money for good," a pun on ring the changes in the sense of play the regular series of variations in a peal of bells (1610s). Meaning "expert" is first recorded 1918, Australian slang, from earlier meaning "man who shears the most sheep per day" (1871).
实用例句
1. She's a dead ringer for a girl I used to know.
她酷似以前我认识的一个女孩.
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2. That man is a ringer for so - and - so.
那个人很像某人.
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3. Oh my God, your boyfriend dead ringer for Tom Cruise!
噢我的天哪, 你的男朋友长得特像汤姆?克鲁斯!
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4. Twenty - four animals were randomized into control, lactated Ringer's solution and HES groups.
