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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• I have only read four books of Dickens's.
  我只看过狄更斯的四本书。
• I love the Victorians: Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, in that order.
  我很喜欢维多利亚时代的小说家：依次是伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔（ElizabethGaskell）、查尔斯·狄更斯（CharlesDickens）和乔治·艾略特（GeorgeEliot）。
• It's a satire somewhat in the manner of Dickens
  这部讽刺作品有点狄更斯的风格。
• I like the novels of Dickens very much. I've read almost all of them in Chinese translation.
  我很喜欢狄更斯的小说，他小说的中译本我几乎全读过。
• I like to read the novels of Charles dickens.
  我喜欢读查尔斯·狄更斯的小说。