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

• 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。
• Dickens 'novels have enriched English literature.
  狄更斯的小说丰富了英国文学。
• 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。
• 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。
• Dickens was contemporary with Gong Zizheng.
  狄更斯和龚自珍同时代。
• 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。
• 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。
• I think these books can stand comparison quite happily with works by Dickens
  我认为这些书能和狄更斯的作品相媲美。
• Shakespeare was not contemporary with dickens.
  莎士比亚与狄更斯不是同时代的人。