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词汇 dingbat
释义 dingbat
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈdɪŋ.bæt/ us /ˈdɪŋ.bæt/

dingbatnoun[C] (PERSON)


informal
a stupid or easily confused person: 笨蛋,傻瓜
Edith may seem like a dingbat, but she's actually pretty clever.伊迪丝或许看起来有些笨,但实际上却非常聪明。
It made him look like a total dingbat.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Stupid and silly people
airhead
berk
birdbrain
blithering idiot
blockhead
dumb-ass
dummy
dunce
dunderhead
eejit
mutt
need
need your head examinedidiom
nimrod
nincompoop
simpleton
stupid
thicko
tosser
troglodyte

dingbatnoun[C] (PRINTED CHARACTER)


a printed character or symbol used for decoration:
People will appreciate a plain and simple letter just as much as one full of fancy fonts and dingbats.
a font(= a set of letters and symbols in a particular design and size) that consists of dingbats:
If your symbol and dingbat fonts don't have quite what you're looking for, you can make your own.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Publishing: printing & word processing
3-D printing
backspace
bed
boldface
boldfaced
bolding
indent
indentation
inline
intaglio printing
italic
print on demand
print run
print something out
printed
printing
rubber stamp
typography
unpublished
xerography

dingbatnoun[C] (GAME)


mainly UK
a puzzle(= a game in which you have to find an answer) in which words and their position on a page have a meaning. For example, the word "miss" written under the word "standing" means "misunderstanding":
I've been trying to solve this dingbat for hours.
At the end of the lesson, the teacher sometimes lets them play dingbats.
Compare
rebus
mainly UK
a puzzle(= a game in which you have to find an answer) consisting of one or more pictures and sometimes one or more letters or symbols that can be read together to make a word or phrase. For example, a picture of two eyes with the number "4" between them represents the phrase "an eye for an eye".
Synonym
rebus
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Children's games
blind man's buff
card game
cold
conker
deck of cards
double Dutch
dress-up box
dressing-up box
French cricket
hide-and-seek
hopscotch
jack
magnet fishing
pack of cards
painting
painting by numbersidiom
peekaboo
piggy in the middle
piggyback
warm
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