verb
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。
词源
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'.