din

vacarme, boucan

Mélange de bruits forts et désagréables qui dure un certain temps.

En anglais simple : A loud, unpleasant mixture of noises that continues for some time.

• The children made a terrible din.
• I could not hear her over the din of the machinery.
• The constant din from the street kept us awake.

Comment l'utiliser : the din of something (We could barely speak above the din of the traffic.)

Synonymes : racket, noise, clamour

Contraires : silence

Expressions courantes : terrible din, deafening din, din of traffic

résonner, faire du vacarme

Produire un bruit fort et continu.

En anglais simple : To make a loud, continuing noise.

• The bells dinned all morning.
• Machinery dinned beyond the factory wall.
• The clattering wheels dinned in my ears.

Synonymes : resound, clang

Expressions courantes : din loudly, din in ears

rabâcher, seriner

Répéter quelque chose de nombreuses fois pour que quelqu’un le retienne.

En anglais simple : To repeat something many times so that someone remembers it.

• She dinned the rule into us.
• The teacher dinned those dates into our heads.
• He kept dinning the same warning into my ears.

Comment l'utiliser : din something into someone/someone’s ears (He dinned the safety rules into his students.)

Synonymes : drill, hammer

Expressions courantes : din into someone, din a lesson