dingbat

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈdɪŋbæt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A silly, crazy or stupid person. informal
    — 'Midge was such a dingbat', Jenny Fields wrote in her autobiography, 'that she went to Hawaii for a vacation during World War Two.'
  2. A special ornamental typographical symbol, such as a bullet, an arrow, a pointing hand etc.
    — "The compulsive editor, when checking the specs on an article, can't help checking also for such items as initial capital and closing dingbat, if they are used routinely. These decorative items have a way of being forgotten..."
  3. An architectural style of apartment building, where the second storey overhangs an area for parking cars.
  4. A kind of word puzzle involving pictures or typography that hint at the solution.
    — This can be a dingbat, anagram, word puzzle, riddle or other quick warm-up activity and demonstrates to your students that when they come into your lessons, you get them thinking right away.
  5. Anything that can be thrown or swung with force against something else. slang
  6. A small device or gadget, the correct term for which is forgotten or unknown.

词形变化

dingbats plural

词汇关系

衍生词
dingbatter dingbattery dingbatty Webdings Wingdings
相关词
dingwad ding fleuron wingding

词源

Unknown, US mid 19th century. The word-puzzle sense comes from the board game Dingbats, which is based on these puzzles. In the sense of a miscellaneous gadget, probably influenced by dingus or its etyma.
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