English Dictionary

dingbat

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdɪŋˌbæt/

名詞

くだけた表現 俗語

(informal) A silly, crazy or stupid person. / (typography) A special ornamental typographical symbol, such as a bullet, an arrow, a pointing hand etc.

日本語の意味

(口語) 馬鹿な、人が軽率、あるいはおかしな様子を表す単語。 / (印刷) 装飾用特殊記号、例えば弾丸、矢印、指差し手などを指す用語。

He looked like a dingbat standing in the rain with the map upside down.

彼は地図を逆さまに持って雨の中に立っていて、まるで間抜けのように見えた。

意味（1）

(informal) A silly, crazy or stupid person.

'Midge was such a dingbat', Jenny Fields wrote in her autobiography, 'that she went to Hawaii for a vacation during World War Two.'

意味（2）

(typography) 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...

意味（3）

(architecture) An architectural style of apartment building, where the second storey overhangs an area for parking cars.

意味（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.

意味（5）

(slang) Anything that can be thrown or swung with force against something else.

意味（6）

A small device or gadget, the correct term for which is forgotten or unknown.

dingbats （ plural ）