"dingdong" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 叮咚（門鈴聲）

Definition

「Dingdong」是對鈴聲或門鈴聲的擬聲詞，有時在英式英語中也可指笨笨的人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

「dingdong」主要用於描述門鈴或鐘聲，在英式英語裡偶爾可用來戲稱傻人，語氣較輕鬆、帶點玩笑。作聲音詞時純表聲音效果。

Examples

The doorbell went dingdong and everyone looked up.

門鈴響了**叮咚**，大家都抬起頭來。

I heard a loud dingdong from the church tower.

我聽到教堂鐘樓傳來響亮的**叮咚**聲。

The clock makes a dingdong every hour.

時鐘每小時都會響起**叮咚**聲。

Stop pressing the button—you'll break it with all that dingdong!

別再按了——這樣一直**叮咚**會壞掉的！

What a dingdong—he forgot his own birthday!

真是個**叮咚**——他竟然忘記自己的生日！

You know it's dinner time when you hear the familiar dingdong from the kitchen.

當你聽到廚房傳來熟悉的**叮咚**聲，就知道該喫飯了。