- 1主謀、帶頭做壞事的人
A ringleader is the person who starts and leads a group that is doing something wrong — stealing, fighting, bullying, breaking the law. The others may join in, but the ringleader is the one who pulls them together and sets the plan. Police and newspapers like this word because it points to one person as the brain, not just another member of the crowd. It is not a kind word, and it is not for a sports captain or a class leader. The “ring” here is not a circle of metal; it is a group of people, the same “ring” as in a crime ring. Though actually, the ringleader is not always the loudest or the strongest. Sometimes they stay a little behind and let other people take the risk.
組成ring (a group of people, often secret or criminal) + leader (the person who guides them).
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
ringleadernoun/ˈɹɪŋˌliːdəɹ/
- 1
A leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group.
- Once, on a confident whim, I approached the group of popular girls in an attempt to broaden my circle. Their ringleader took one glance at my new Aeropostale T-shirt and whispered to her clones, “Yeah, Aero's definitely out now.”
- 2
A person who starts and leads a disturbance (such as a riot), a conspiracy, or a criminal gang.
- The police arrested the ringleaders of the smuggling operation.
- A sort of naughty persons, lewdly bent, / Under the countenance and confederacy / Of Lady Eleanor, the protector's wife, / The ringleader and head of all this rout, / Have practis'd dangerously against your state...
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