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

• Had Dickens foreseen that his novel would cause such a commotion, he would not have written it.
  如果狄更斯预见到他的小说会引起这样的一种骚动，他也许就不会写了。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's a satire somewhat in the manner of Dickens
  这部讽刺作品有点狄更斯的风格。
• Shakespeare was not contemporary with dickens.
  莎士比亚与狄更斯不是同时代的人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Dickens wrote many novels.
  狄更斯写了许多小说。