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

• 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。
• Dickens was contemporary with Gong Zizheng.
  狄更斯和龚自珍同时代。
• 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。
• I have only read four books of Dickens's.
  我只看过狄更斯的四本书。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 wrote many novels.
  狄更斯写了许多小说。