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) |