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ding

noun
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  1. (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
  2. 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。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originnoun sense 2 early 17th cent.: imitative. noun sense 1 Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish dænge ‘beat, bang’.

ding

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they ding
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he / she / it dings
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past simple dinged
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past participle dinged
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-ing form dinging
🔊/ˈdɪŋɪŋ/
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  1. [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。🔊🔊
  2. [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。🔊🔊
  3. [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。🔊🔊
    4. Word Originverb sense 1 early 17th cent.: imitative. verb senses 2 to 3 Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish dænge ‘beat, bang’