din

din
noun
  1. [in sing.]a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise
    喧闹声,喧嚣声
    the fans made an awful din.
    那些风扇发出讨厌的噪音。
(dinned, dinning)
  1. [with obj.](be dinned into)(of a fact) be instilled in (someone) by constant repetition
    对(某人)不停唠叨;反复叮嘱
    a runner-up, he dinned into them, was a loser.
    他不停地对他们说,亚军就是失败者。
  2. [no obj.]make a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise
    发出喧闹声,发出喧嚣声
    the sound dinning in my ears was the telephone ringing.
    在我耳边响个不停的是电话铃声。
语源
  1. Old English dyne, dynn (noun), dynian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Old High German tuni (noun) and Old Norse dynr (noun), dynja 'come rumbling down'
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