1. I rang the doorbell. Ding-dong! No answer. 我按了按门铃。叮当!可没有人回答。
2. They were having a real ding-dong on the doorstep. 他们在门前大吵起来。
3. One mill worker who finally quit complained revealingly about "obedience to the ding-dong of the bell—just as though we are so many living machines". 一位最终辞职的工厂工人真心实意地抱怨,他们“要听从于那些叮叮当当的钟表,像是被当成了活生生的机器一样”。