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

• All this exerts a subtle influence on Dickens.
  他的父亲乐观性格和幽默的才能，对狄更斯也产生了潜移默化的影响。
• Dickens created many wonderful characters in his novels.
  狄更斯在小说中塑造了许多奇妙的人物。
• Dickens was contemporary with Gong Zizheng.
  狄更斯和龚自珍同时代。
• 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。
• Scott, and later Dickens, flooded the country in printed editions.
  司各特和后来狄更斯作品的翻印本充斥全国各地。
• I think these books can stand comparison quite happily with works by Dickens
  我认为这些书能和狄更斯的作品相媲美。
• 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。
• This is the Dickens of the charm of the art world.
  这就是狄更斯的艺术世界的魅力。
• I have only read four books of Dickens's.
  我只看过狄更斯的四本书。