dickens

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The devil. euphemistic
    — She can go to the dickens for what she said.
  2. A disturbance or row.
    — Hugh considered saying, Then I guess I'll just have to kick you a few times instead, you frog son of a bitch. Then he thought of that fat bastard Keeton, handing him a pink slip for kicking up dickens in the local tavern.
  3. Used as an intensifier in the phrase the dickens; see that entry.
    — Why the dickens did he do that?

词汇关系

近义词
on earth the hell the devil the heck the fuck
衍生词
play the dickens with the dickens you say
相关词
Dickensian

词源

Origin: 1590–1600; apparently a fanciful use of the proper name Dicken, diminutive form of Dick.
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