dickens

名词 dickens:

1. a word used in exclamations of confusion
   同义词：devil, deuce
2. English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870)
   同义词：Charles Dickens, Charles John Huffam Dickens

1. Dickens is my favourite author.
   狄更斯是我最喜爱的作家。
2. His mother bought him a set of novels of Dickens.
   他母亲给他买了一套狄更斯的小说。
3. Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities is a literary classic.
   狄更斯的《双城记》是文学名著。
4. Dickens is his favorite author.
   狄更斯是他最喜欢的作家、

dick.ens

n.Informal （名词）【非正式用语】
A severe reprimand or expression of anger:
责备，生气：一种严厉的责备或生气的表示：
例句：
gave me the dickens for being late.
由于来晚了请责备我

Used as an intensive:
用作加强语意的词：
例句：
What in the dickens is thatô
有什么要责备的呢ô

来源：
Perhaps from the name Dickens [from diminutive of] Dick * see dick 2
可能源自名字 Dickens [] 源自Dick的小后缀 *参见 dick2