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。
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。
Had Dickens foreseen that his novel would cause such a commotion, he would not have written it.
如果狄更斯预见到他的小说会引起这样的一种骚动，他也许就不会写了。
Dickens 'novels have enriched English literature.
狄更斯的小说丰富了英国文学。
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。
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 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。
Dickens was lauded for his social and moral sensitivity
狄更斯以其敏锐的社会和道德触觉为人称道。
Dickens was contemporary with Gong Zizheng.
狄更斯和龚自珍同时代。