dickens

英 [ˈdɪkɪnz]

美 [ˈdɪkɪnz]

n.  (用于问句代替devil， 表示烦恼或吃惊)究竟，到底; (某人)…极了，太…了，多么…啊

BNC.7241 / COCA.29026

牛津词典

noun

• （用于问句代替devil， 表示烦恼或吃惊）究竟，到底
  used in questions instead of devil to show that you are annoyed or surprised
  1. Where the dickens did he go?
     他究竟上哪儿去了？
• （某人）…极了，太…了，多么…啊
  used when you are saying how attractive, etc. sb is
  1. cute as the dickens
     可爱极了

英英释义

noun

• a word used in exclamations of confusion
  1. what the devil
  2. the deuce with it
  3. the dickens you say
  Synonym:devildeuce

双语例句

• He has gone off Dickens and the other Victorian novelists.
  他不再爱读狄更斯和其他维多利亚时代小说家的作品了。
• Several of Dickens's novels were screened in the 1930's.
  狄更斯的好几部小说在30年代就拍成了电影。
• Today the pickpockets have overtaken their forefathers of Dickens 'time in both number and skill.
  今天，扒手在数量及技巧方面都已超过了他们在狄更斯时代的祖辈。
• Dickens wrote many novels.
  狄更斯写了许多小说。
• Ask me no questions, I entreat you ( Charles Dickens).
  不要问我问题，我恳求你（查尔斯·狄更斯）。
• Dickens was lauded for his social and moral sensitivity
  狄更斯以其敏锐的社会和道德触觉为人称道。
• Dickens felt compelled to return to the stage for a final good-bye
  迪肯斯觉得必须返回舞台作最后的道别。
• She made several excellent observations in her essay on Charles dickens.
  她在关于查尔斯狄更斯的文章中发表了一些精彩的评述。
• Shakespeare was not contemporary with dickens.
  莎士比亚与狄更斯不是同时代的人。
• It's a satire somewhat in the manner of Dickens
  这部讽刺作品有点狄更斯的风格。