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

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）。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Dickens created many wonderful characters in his novels.
狄更斯在小说中塑造了许多奇妙的人物。
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。
Shakespeare was not contemporary with dickens.
莎士比亚与狄更斯不是同时代的人。
Dickens 'novels have enriched English literature.
狄更斯的小说丰富了英国文学。