| 单词 | ding |
| 释义 | ding (once / 4839 pages) 1nv 2n A ding is the sound that a bell makes — a kind of metallic, musical ringing. When you hear the ding of the doorbell, you'll know that the pizza delivery guy is here. Bells, telephones, and doorbells all make a ding, and the word is a verb as well: "I'm going to run when I hear the dinner bell ding — I want to be first in line." Another kind of ding is a small dent or nick in a surface, the kind you might get in your car's bumper during a minor fender bender. Ding falls in the category of imitative words, which sound like their meaning. WORD FAMILYding: dings USAGE EXAMPLESI hear the ding on the camera and run to it. Wall Street Journal(Dec 13, 2016) Other casinos are adding skill-based games to electronic slot machines — shooting, puzzles, less slot machine ding ding ding and more Angry Birds-style competition. Washington Post(Dec 06, 2016) I listened to dings and chimes, which seemed to correspond to various orders being placed and filled, and the lilting sounds of a flute. The New Yorker(Nov 27, 2016) 1 1n a ringing sound Hyper sound the sudden occurrence of an audible event 2v go `ding dong', like a bell 2Syn|Hyper dingdong, dong peal, ring sound loudly and sonorously n an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) Syn|Hypo|Hyper dent, gouge, nick dig a small gouge (as in the cover of a book) blemish, defect, mar a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) |
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