ding

noun

/dɪŋ/

(especially North American English) a hit, especially one that causes slight damage to a car, etc.（尤指造成汽车上的凹痕、划痕等的）一击
- I got a ding in my rear fender.我汽车后面的挡泥板撞瘪了一处。
Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
used to represent the sound made by a bell叮当；丁零
- The lift came to a halt with a loud ‘ding’.电梯叮一声停下了。

词源noun sense 2 early 17th cent.: imitative. noun sense 1 Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish dænge ‘beat, bang’.

ding

verb

/dɪŋ/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they ding	/dɪŋ/ /dɪŋ/
he / she / it dings	/dɪŋz/ /dɪŋz/
past simple dinged	/dɪŋd/ /dɪŋd/
past participle dinged	/dɪŋd/ /dɪŋd/
-ing form dinging	/ˈdɪŋɪŋ/ /ˈdɪŋɪŋ/

[intransitive] to make a sound like a bell叮当（或丁零）作响
- The computer just dings when I press a key.我一按键，电脑就发出叮的一声。
[transitive] ding something (North American English) to cause slight damage to a car, etc.使（汽车等）轻微受损
- I dinged my passenger door.我把乘客门撞坏了一点。
[transitive] ding somebody (especially North American English) to hit somebody打
- (figurative) My department got dinged by the budget cuts.因预算缩减，我的部门受到一定的影响。

词源verb sense 1 early 17th cent.: imitative. verb senses 2 to 3 Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish dænge ‘beat, bang’