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

• 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。
• She introduced him to literature, reading from Shakespeare and dickens.
  她引导汤姆接触文学作品，阅读莎士比亚和狄更斯的著作。
• There are plenty of characters in the novels of Charles Dickens.
  在查尔斯.狄更斯的小说中有许多人物。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 wrote many novels.
  狄更斯写了许多小说。
• Dickens 'novels have enriched English literature.
  狄更斯的小说丰富了英国文学。
• Shakespeare was not contemporary with dickens.
  莎士比亚与狄更斯不是同时代的人。
• 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。