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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He intends/ plans to have all of Dickens 'novels translated into Chinese.
  他打算把狄更斯的所有小说都译成汉语。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。