| 释义 |
ding
I. \ˈdiŋ\ verb
(dinged \-ŋd\ ; or dialect dang \ˈdaŋ\ ; dinged or dialect dang ; dinging ; dings)
Etymology: Middle English dingen, from (assumed) Old English dingan (whence Old English dencgan to beat); akin to Old High German tangal hammer, Old Swedish diunga to beat, Old English dynt blow — more at dint
transitive verb
1. dialect : beat, strike, knock
2. dialect : to throw violently : dash, fling, drive
< I have been trying to ding you out of my head — Charles Gibbon >
3. dialect : to get the better of : surpass, overcome
< we'll ding the Campbells yet in their own town — R.L.Stevenson >
4. : damn 5
< ding my buttons if she ain't more Southern than any of our own gals — A.W.Tourgee >
intransitive verb
1. obsolete : to throw or fling oneself violently about : bounce
2. Scotland, of rain : to fall heavily — usually used with on
II. noun
(-s)
dialect : blow, stroke
< he give me a ding across the ear — H.E.Bates >
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: probably imitative
transitive verb
: to talk, urge, or impress with tiresome repetition — often used in the phrase to ding into the ears; compare din 2
intransitive verb
: to make a ringing sound : clang
< the bell dinging and the engine giving off quiet chuffs like a giant breathing — Helen Eustis >
IV. noun
(-s)
: the sound of dinging — often used as part of a song refrain and often reduplicated
< when birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding — Shakespeare >
V. transitive verb
: to cause minor surface damage to
VI. noun
: an instance of minor surface damage (as a dent) |