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

noun

a word used in exclamations of confusion
1. what the devil
2. the deuce with it
3. the dickens you say
Synonym:devildeuce

Dickens wrote many novels.
狄更斯写了许多小说。
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。
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。
She made several excellent observations in her essay on Charles dickens.
她在关于查尔斯狄更斯的文章中发表了一些精彩的评述。
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。
I like to read the novels of Charles dickens.
我喜欢读查尔斯·狄更斯的小说。
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。
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。
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。