| 单词 | dingbat |
| 释义 | dingbat (once / 223006 pages) n A dingbat is an idiot: a person who's dumb, silly, or just empty-headed. There are a lot of insulting words for someone who isn't very smart: moron, dummy, knucklehead, bonehead, etc. Another is dingbat. A dingbat isn't simply dumb, but also ditzy. On the sitcom “All in the Family,” Archie Bunker often called his wife Edith a dingbat. This is an insult, but it's humorous and not that offensive. Dingbats are also characters or ornaments used in typesetting that don't have any meaning. Those dingbats are also a little silly. WORD FAMILYdingbat: dingbats USAGE EXAMPLESRepublican primary voters haven’t had much of a problem brushing aside the dingbats in their own districts or states. Slate(Aug 09, 2016) He even gave disparaging nicknames—“Meathead,” “Dingbat,” “Little Girl”—to supporting characters. Wall Street Journal(Jun 09, 2016) Zapf was a practical man — a capital-M Modernist who wore a white shirt and a black tie — and he made Dingbats for a practical reason. New York Times(Dec 23, 2015) n a silly empty-headed person you would be a dingbat even to try it yet here he was with an upper class dingbat who just happened to be married to his sister Hyper simple, simpleton a person lacking intelligence or common sense |
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