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

• Of all the English novelists the one he likes best is Charles dickens.
  在所有的英国小说家中，他最喜欢的是查尔斯。狄更斯。
• Read Ibsen and Dickens before bedtime.
  睡前读读易卜生和狄更斯。
• 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。
• I like to read the novels of Charles dickens.
  我喜欢读查尔斯·狄更斯的小说。
• The novels of Charles Dickens as a reflection of life in nineteenth century britain.
  查尔斯狄更斯的小说反映了19世纪的英国生活。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。