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

• Shakespeare was not contemporary with dickens.
  莎士比亚与狄更斯不是同时代的人。
• 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。
• 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）。
• Read Ibsen and Dickens before bedtime.
  睡前读读易卜生和狄更斯。
• Dickens 'novels are full of vivid characterization.
  狄更斯的小说中充满了栩栩如生的人物形象。
• I like to read the novels of Charles dickens.
  我喜欢读查尔斯·狄更斯的小说。
• 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。
• Charles Dickens is one of the most popular writers in the history of literature.
  查尔斯？狄更斯是文学史上最受欢迎的作家之一。
• It's a satire somewhat in the manner of Dickens
  这部讽刺作品有点狄更斯的风格。
• 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。