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 like to read the novels of Charles dickens.
我喜欢读查尔斯·狄更斯的小说。
Shakespeare was not contemporary with dickens.
莎士比亚与狄更斯不是同时代的人。
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。
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。
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。
I have only read four books of Dickens's.
我只看过狄更斯的四本书。
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）。
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。
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 was contemporary with Gong Zizheng.
狄更斯和龚自珍同时代。