ring

圈, 环, 轮; 戒指, 耳环, 鼻圈, 镯子(等);【体】吊环

轮环状物; (植物的)年轮; (羊齿类的)环带

赛马场, 竞技场, 运动场; (赛马的)赌博席; 马戏场; (动物展览会的)陈列场; [the ring]拳击场, 拳师帮伙

[主美](政治、商业上的)党派, 圈子, 帮, 集团

【化、数】环, 圈

ring

a circular band usually of a precious metal, esp gold, often set with gems and worn upon the finger as an adornment or as a token of engagement or marriage

any object or mark that is circular in shape

a circular path or course

a group of people or things standing or arranged so as to form a circle

an enclosed space, usually circular in shape, where circus acts are performed

a square apron or raised platform, marked off by ropes, in which contestants box or wrestle

the field of competition or rivalry

a group of people usually operating illegally and covertly

(esp at country fairs) an enclosure, often circular, where horses, cattle, and other livestock are paraded and auctioned

an area reserved for betting at a racecourse

a circular strip of bark cut from a tree or branch, esp in order to kill it

a single turn in a spiral

the area of space lying between two concentric circles

a set that is subject to two binary operations, addition and multiplication, such that the set is an Abelian group under addition and is closed under multiplication, this latter operation being associative

short for annual ring

Also called: closed chain a closed loop of atoms in a molecule

any of the thin circular bands of small bodies orbiting a giant planet, esp SaturnSee Saturn

to surround with or as if with or form a ring; encircle

to mark (a bird) with a ring or clip for subsequent identification

to fit a ring in the nose of (a bull, pig, etc) so that it can be led easily

Also called: ringbark to cut away a circular strip of bark from (a tree or branch) in order to kill it.to cut a narrow or partial ring from (the trunk of a tree) in order to check or prevent vigorous growth

to be the fastest shearer in a shearing shed (esp in the phrase ring the shed)

ring

to emit or cause to emit a sonorous or resonant sound, characteristic of certain metals when struck

to cause (a bell) to emit a ringing sound by striking it once or repeatedly or (of a bell) to emit such a sound

to cause (a large bell, esp a church bell) to emit a ringing sound by pulling on a rope that is attached to a wheel on which the bell swings back and forth, being sounded by a clapper inside it.See chime .(of a bell) to sound by being swung in this way

(of a building, place, etc) to be filled with sound; echo

to call by means of a bell, buzzer, etc

Also called: ring up to call (a person) by telephone

to strike or tap (a coin) in order to assess its genuineness by the sound produced

(of the ears) to have or give the sensation of humming or ringing

(of an electric circuit) to produce a damped oscillatory wave after the application of a sharp input transition

to change the identity of (a stolen vehicle) by using the licence plate, serial number, etc, of another, usually disused, vehicle

the act of or a sound made by ringing

a sound produced by or suggestive of a bell

any resonant or metallic sound, esp one sustained or re-echoed

a telephone call

the complete set of bells in a tower or belfrySee peal

an inherent quality or characteristic

the damped oscillatory wave produced by a circuit that rings

See ring back See ring in See ring off See ring out See ring up