ding
意味
- 〈鐘など〉をガンガン鳴らす
- 〈鐘などが〉ガンガン鳴る
- (鐘の)ガンガン鳴る音
例文
Ding, ding! It's the right answer!
ピンポン、ピンポーン!正解です!
Who's the one who ding-dong-ditched me in the middle of the night?!
誰だ〜こんな夜中にピンポンダッシュした奴は?!
When it sets off the bell rings, "ding-ding". Thus 'ding-ding-train'.
動き出すとき、ベルが「ちんちん」と鳴る。だから、ちんちん電車。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English dingen, dyngen (strong verb), from Old English *dingan (“to ding”), from Proto-West Germanic *dingwan, from Proto-Germanic *dingwaną (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”). Related to Old English denġan, denċġan (“to ding, knock, beat, strike”, weak verb) and Old Norse dengja (“to hammer”, weak verb); both from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to beat, hammer, peen”), causative of *dingwaną. Cognate with Icelandic dengja (“to hammer”), Swedish dänga (“to bang, beat”), Danish dænge (“to bang, beat”), German tengeln, dengeln (“to peen”).