ringie

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Diminutive of ring. colloquial,diminutive,form-of,rare
    — OTIS. […] You should get out more, see people, mingle with different types. I’ll bet you haven’t mingled with my kind of man in a long time. MARIAN. A very long time. OTIS. It’ll be a new experience. Any new experience enriches you. MARIAN. Does that include drowning? OTIS. That’s witty, it really is. MARIAN. Some other time, Otis. Give me a ringie and maybe we’ll swingie.
  2. The manager of a two-up match who calls the result. Australia,New-Zealand
    — A formal “two-up” game is run by two men—the boxer and the ringie. […] The ringie takes care of operations inside the ring of side betters which gathers round the two protagonists.

词形变化

ringies plural ringy alternative ringies plural

词源

词源 1
From ring + -ie (diminutive suffix).
词源 2
From ring + -ie (“person associated”).
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