讓鈴響起來的人或裝置
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bell ringer · noun
A person who rings bells: the big bells in a church tower that are pulled with ropes, or small bells that are held in the hand and shaken.
敲鐘的人
這個拼法是2個不同的字· 2 words spelled “ringer”
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bell ringer
nYou can think of this side of ringer as simply the one that rings. A hand pulls a rope, a bell swings, and the sound goes out over the street. The word points at whoever or whatever makes that happen — the person on the rope, and later, once machines took the job over, the part of the phone that produces the sound.
這一邊的 ringer，可以想成「讓東西響起來的那一個」。有人拉繩子，鐘擺動，聲音傳出去。字尾 -er 指的就是做這件事的那一個。所以它先指拉繩敲鐘的人。後來換成機器在做同一件事，手機裡負責發聲的部分也就跟著叫 ringer。人或機器都可以，畫面裡不變的是「有東西在響」。
From the word’s history
The supplied source traces ringer to Middle English ringere, formed from ring, to sound a bell, plus -er, the one who does it. The modern core is still that same build.
來源資料把 ringer 追到中古英文的 ringere，組成是 ring（讓鐘發出聲音）加上 -er（做這件事的那一個）。今天這一邊的核心畫面，跟當初造字的想法幾乎重疊。
Wiktionary, "ringer" (etymology 1)
One branch
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ringer · secret star player
nThe other side of ringer can be pictured as a quiet swap. The real one is gone and something else is standing in its place, wearing its name and looking close enough that nobody checks. Sometimes the stand-in is stronger than it should be, sometimes it is simply false, and sometimes all that is left of the idea is the likeness itself.
ringer 的另一邊，可以想成一次悄悄的調包。真的那一個被拿走，另一個頂著它的名字站在原位，像到沒有人去查。有時候頂上去的比原本該有的強，那是比賽裡的代打高手。有時候它根本就是假的，那是冒牌貨。再往下走，連「騙」都淡掉，只剩「像到分不出來」這件事本身。
From the word’s history
The supplied source is not sure where this group comes from; it only says some senses may derive from ring the changes, an expression that mixes running through variations with passing false money. That is a hint, not a settled account.
來源資料對這一群的出身並沒有把握。它只說某些意思「可能」跟 ring the changes 有關，那個說法裡同時有「換來換去」和「用假錢矇混」的味道。所以這裡只能當線索看，不能當成定論。
Wiktionary, "ringer" (etymology 4)
One branch
頂替與造假
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secret star player · noun
Someone who is much better at a game, sport or skill than the other people are allowed to know, and who is put into a team or a competition where everyone believes they are an ordinary player.
隱藏實力的代打高手