(rang/ræŋ/, rung/rʌŋ/) [] (about a telephone) to make a sound because sb is trying to telephone you（电话）发出铃声◆Will you answer the telephone if it rings?电话铃响时你接一下好吗？ () ( call, NAmE, BrE ) ring sb/sth (up) [] to telephone sb给…打电话◆I'm ringing about your advertisement in the paper.我打电话是来问一问你们在报纸上登的广告。◆He rang up a few of his contacts.他给几位熟人打了电话。SYNphone ●ˌring off the ˈhook () (usually used in the continuous tenses 通常用于进行时) (about a telephone) to ring a lot of times（电话）铃声大作，响声不断●ring the ˈregister●ring the ˈcash register to sell sth and make a profit有钱赚；生意好●ˌring aˈround●ˌring aˈround sb/sth ()
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ring round/around ●ˌring ˈback () to telephone sb again, for example because they were not available when you called earlier（给某人）再打电话◆She's in a meeting—could you ring back later?她在开会——你过会儿再打电话来好吗？●ˌring sb ˈback () to telephone sb again; to telephone sb who has telephoned you（给某人）再打电话，回电话◆I'll check the files and ring you back.我检查文件后给你回电话。●ˌring ˈin () to telephone the place where you work给自己的工作单位打电话◆Mark rang in to say that he won't be in today.马克给单位打电话说他今天不来单位了。◆Two members of staff rang in sick at short notice.两位职员临时打电话来请病假。●ˌring ˈoff () to put down the telephone because you have finished speaking挂断电话●ˌring ˈround/aˈround ( ˌring ˈround /aˈround sb /sth) () to telephone a number of people in order to organize sth or to get some information, etc.电话通知，电话询问（各人）◆You should ring round a few suppliers to get quotes.你应该打电话给几位供货商询价。●ˌring ˈthrough (to sb) () to make a telephone call to sb, especially within the same building（尤指给同一栋大楼内的人）打电话◆Reception just rang through to say your visitor has arrived.服务台刚刚打来电话说你的客人到了。●ˌring sth ˈupto enter the cost of goods being bought in a shop/store on a cash register 将（款额）输入现金出纳机◆The cashier had rung up one of the items twice.出纳员将某项款额在现金出纳机中输入了两次。●ˌring ˈup sthto record an amount of sales or profits in a particular period of time记录…销售额或利润◆The company rang up sales of $166 million last year.公司去年累计销售 1.66 亿元。