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单词 dickens
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N355462423(dickens)Spoken.150Fiction.1007Magazine.285Newspaper.552Academic.429

dickens

/ˈdɪkɪnz/
noun
in sing.
1
informal, dated used for emphasis, euphemistically invoking the Devil
〈非正式, 旧, 婉〉[用于加重语气]着魔:

they work like the dickens

他们着了魔似的工作

she was in a dickens of a rush.

她要命似的急急忙忙。

1.1

the dickens

used when asking questions to express annoyance or surprise
[用于问句中表示恼怒或吃惊]究竟, 到底:

what the dickens is going on?

到底发生了什么事?

词源
late 16th cent.: probably a use of the surname Dickens.
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