| 释义 |
dingbat
noun- an odd, foolish or eccentric person US, 1879
- What they should do with that whole bunch of dingbats up there is toss a couple of grenades in the dorm. — Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, p. 116, 1962
- You’re dead, you dingbat. — Dymphna Cusack, Picnic Races, p. 206, 1962
- — Collin Baker et al., College Undergraduate Slang Study Conducted at Brown University, p. 105, 1968
- A dingbat across the aisle and Kitty Wells on the headphones. — Hunter S. Thompson, Songs of the Doomed, p. 127, 18/19 February 1969
- Oh, don’t be a dingbat. — Eugene Boe (Compiler), The Wit & Wisdom of Archie Bunker, p. 22, 1971
- “Dingbat, what you doing at my door with your shotgun?” Joe says as he seizes the lapels of Baptiste’s robe[.] — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Doom Fox, p. 169, 1978
- Objectionable term that describes women as intellectually inferior. — Multicultural Management Program Fellows Dictionary of Cautionary Words and Phrases, 1989
- So you wanna be a Rock’n’Roll Star? You fool. So does every other talentless dingbat on the block. — Ignatius Jones, True Hip, p. 14, 1990
- “The hosts (and the viewers) all think you are a couple of dingbats even though you are sooo rich, which most of them aren’t, and semi-attractive, which most of them aren’t, and have designer clothes, which most of them don’t. — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, p. 47, 7 December 2003
- used as a (euphemistic) replacement for any noun the user cannot or will not name US, 1923
Perhaps this sense is the inspiration for the selection of symbols that comprise the Dingbats typeface. - a daredevil motorcyclist UK
- — Douglas Dunford, Motorcycle Department, Beaulieu Motor Muesum, 1979
▶ go like a dingbat
go fast UK, 1967- Going like a dingbat. Looks like he’s really made up his mind this time! — W.R. Bennett, Night Intruder, p. 34, 1962
▶ mad as a dingbat
extremely mad; very angry AUSTRALIA, 1942
A reference to delirium tremens. |