Dingbats Meaning in English

word · lemma: dingbat

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释义

'Dingbats' mainly refers to decorative symbols or pictures used in books, websites, or documents. Informally, it can also mean a silly or crazy person.

用法与细微差别

Formal when talking about typography or design ('dingbats font'), informal or slang when calling someone a 'dingbat' (silly, odd person; mildly humorous). Context is important: technical versus casual. Rare as a direct insult.

• Spanish: dingbats (símbolos tipográficos decorativos) - locos (coloquial, personas excéntricas)
• Portuguese (BR): dingbats (símbolos gráficos) - doidos (coloquial, pessoas excêntricas)
• Portuguese (PT): dingbats (carateres gráficos) - malucos (coloquial, pessoas excêntricas)
• Chinese (Simplified): 装饰符号 - 疯子（俚语，用于形容怪人）
• Chinese (Traditional): 裝飾符號 - 瘋子（俚語，指怪異的人）
• Hindi: डिंगबैट्स (सजावटी प्रतीक) - सनकी (स्लैंग, अजीब व्यक्ति के लिए)
• Arabic: رموز زخرفية - مجانين (عامية، لوصف شخص غريب)
• Bengali: ডিংব্যাট (টাইপোগ্রাফি) - পাগলাটে মানুষ (সাধারণ, হাস্যকর অর্থে)
• Russian: дингабаты (типографские значки) - чудак (в шутливом смысле)
• Japanese: ディングバット（装飾記号） - おかしな人（スラング）
• Vietnamese: ký hiệu trang trí - người ngớ ngẩn (thân mật, đùa cợt)
• Korean: 딩배트(장식용 기호) - 괴짜(농담조로)
• Turkish: dingbat (süsleme sembolü) - kaçık (şakayla karışık)
• Urdu: ڈِنگبیٹ (سجاوٹی نشان) - بے وقوف انسان (مذاق میں)
• Indonesian: dingbat (simbol dekoratif) - orang konyol (dengan nada bercanda)

例句

My grandma calls people dingbats when they do silly things.

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The invitation had cute little dingbats between the words.

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The book cover is decorated with dingbats.

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Graphic designers often use dingbats in their work.

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I downloaded a new font with lots of dingbats.

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She acts like a total dingbat sometimes, but she's fun to be around.

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