ring
英 [rɪŋ]
美 [rɪŋ]
- vi. 按铃；敲钟；回响；成环形
- n. 戒指；铃声，钟声；拳击场；环形物
- vt. 按铃；包围；敲钟；套住
- n. (Ring)人名；(英、西、德、匈、瑞典、芬)林
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中文词源
ring 响铃，铃声
拟声词。
ring 圆环，环形物，圆形表演场，戒指，帮派，集团来自古英语 hring,圆环，戒指，圆形物，来自 Proto-Germanic*hringaz,弯曲物，圆形物，来自 PIE*skrengh,sker,弯，转，词源同 scoliosis,curve,crib.引申诸相关词义。
英语词源
- ring
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ring: [OE] English has two distinct words ring. The one meaning ‘circle’ goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *khrenggaz, which also produced German, Dutch, Swedish, and Danish ring (not to mention the Finnish borrowing rengas). It may be related to Old Church Slavonic kragu ‘circle’. The Germanic form was taken over by Old French as ranc, from which English gets rank, and also as renc, which may be the source of English rink [18]. Ring ‘chime’ presumably goes back to a prehistoric Germanic ancestor that imitated the sound of clanging, and also produced German and Dutch ringen, Swedish ringa, and Danish ringe (the suggestion that it contains some reference to the circular motion of tolling bells is attractive, but has no basis in fact).
=> range, rank, rink - ring (n.1)
- "circular band," Old English hring "small circlet, especially one of metal for wearing on the finger or as part of a mail coat; anything circular," from Proto-Germanic *hringaz "something curved, circle" (cognates: Old Norse hringr, Old Frisian hring, Danish, Swedish, Dutch ring, Old High German hring, German Ring), from PIE *(s)kregh- nasalized form of (s)kregh-, from root *(s)ker- (3) "to turn, bend," with wide-ranging derivative senses (cognates: Latin curvus "bent, curved," crispus "curly;" Old Church Slavonic kragu "circle," and perhaps Greek kirkos "ring," koronos "curved").
Other Old English senses were "circular group of persons," also "horizon." Meaning "place for prize fight and wrestling bouts" (early 14c.) is from the space in a circle of bystanders in the midst of which such contests once were held, "... a circle formed for boxers, wrestlers, and cudgel players, by a man styled Vinegar; who, with his hat before his eyes, goes round the circle, striking at random with his whip to prevent the populace from crowding in" [Grose, 1785]. Meaning "combination of interested persons" is from 1829. Of trees, from 1670s; fairy ring is from 1620s. Ring finger is Old English hringfingr, a compound found in other Germanic languages. To run rings round (someone) "be superior to" is from 1891.
Nursery rhyme ring a ring a rosie is attested in an American form (with a different ending) from c. 1790. "The belief that the rhyme originated with the Great Plague is now almost universal, but has no evidence to support it and is almost certainly nonsense" ["Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore"]. This proposal of connection dates only to the late 1960s. - ring (v.1)
- "sound a bell," Old English hringan "sound, give a certain resonant sound when struck; announce by bells," from Proto-Germanic *khrengan (cognates: Old Norse hringja, Swedish ringa, Middle Dutch ringen), probably of imitative origin. Related: Rang; rung. Originally a weak verb, strong inflection began in early Middle English by influence of sing, etc. To ring down a theatrical curtain is from 1772, from the custom of signaling for it by ringing a bell. To ring up a purchase on a cash register is by 1937, from the bell that sounded. Specialized sense "give a resonant sound when struck as an indication of genuineness or purity," with transferred use (as in to ring hollow) is from 1610s.
- ring (v.2)
- "make a circle around," Old English ymbhringan, from the root of ring (n.1). Intransitive sense "gather in a ring" is mid-15c. Sense of "provide or attach a ring" is late 14c. Meaning "move in a circle around" is from 1825. Related: Ringed; ringing. Compar
权威例句
- 1. If you'd like more information, ring the Hotline on 414 3929.
- 如果想了解更多信息，请拨打热线电话4143929。
- 2. Friendship is much more important to me than a stupid old ring!
- 友谊对我来说可比一个破戒指重要得多！
- 3. Any minute now, that phone is going to ring.
- 那部电话随时可能响。
- 4. She could ring for food and drink, laundry and sundry services.
- 她可以打电话点餐，叫人来取要洗的衣服以及叫其他各种服务。
- 5. Weather satellites have observed a ring of volcanic ash girdling the earth.
- 气象卫星观测到一个环绕地球的火山灰带。
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