英和和英

読み方 どんどん

擬音詞

1

（＝太鼓の音）rub-a-dub

2

（＝門を叩く音）rat-tat-tat!

3

（＝砲声）boom! boom!

4

（＝盛んに）at a great rate; ding-dong; hammer and tongs; away; like fury; like steam; like sin; like thunder; like the blazes; like the devil; like anything

用例

• ドンドン攻めろ
  Go at it ding-dong!
  Go it hammer and tongs!

• （質問してよろしいか）ドンドンやれ
  Fire away!
• 彼はドンドン走って来た
  He came running like mad―like anything.
• 雨はドンドン降る、風はドンドン吹く
  It rains and blows like fury―like anything.
• 彼はドンドン働く
  He works like steam―like sin―like anything.
• ドンドンやらかせ
  Go it like thunder!―like the blazes!―like the devil!―like one o'clock!―like anything!
• 本はドンドン売れる
  The book is selling like fun―like wildfire―like anything.
• 悪疫がドンドン拡がった
  The epidemic spread like wildfire―like anything.
• ドンドン英語を勉強している
  He is hammering away at his English.

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 彼はドンドン金を使う
  He spends money royally.

• ドンドン金を儲ける
  He makes money hand over hand
  He is coining money.
• 金がドンドン入る
  Money pours in―Money flows in―（upon him）.
• 国から金をドンドン送って来る
  They supply him with no end of money.