"dingdong" in Chinese (Simplified)
叮咚(门铃声)
Definition
“Dingdong” 是对铃声或门铃声的拟声词,有时在英式英语里还可以指傻里傻气的人。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
“dingdong” 主要用于描述铃声(门铃/钟声),有时英式英语里也可形容傻人,语气轻松、半开玩笑。作象声词时表达声音本身。
Examples
The doorbell went dingdong and everyone looked up.
门铃响起了**叮咚**,大家都抬头了。
I heard a loud dingdong from the church tower.
我听到教堂钟楼传来响亮的**叮咚**声。
The clock makes a dingdong every hour.
时钟每小时都会发出**叮咚**声。
Stop pressing the button—you'll break it with all that dingdong!
别再按了——这样一直**叮咚**会坏掉的!
What a dingdong—he forgot his own birthday!
真是个**叮咚**——他竟然忘了自己的生日!
You know it's dinner time when you hear the familiar dingdong from the kitchen.
当你听到厨房传来熟悉的**叮咚**声,就知道该吃饭了。