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英英字典: ringing




Overview of noun ringing

The noun ringing has 3 senses


  • ring, ringing, tintinnabulation -- (the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe)

  • ringing -- (the giving of a ring as a token of engagement)

  • plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy -- (having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant)


Overview of verb ring

The verb ring has 6 senses


  • ring, peal -- (sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang")

  • resound, echo, ring, reverberate -- (ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter")

  • ring, knell -- (make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church")

  • call, telephone, call up, phone, ring -- (get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning")

  • surround, environ, ring, skirt, border -- (extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property")

  • ring, band -- (attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns")

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