Dickensian

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /dɪˈkɛn.zɪ.ən/    美 /dəˈkɛn.zi.ən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who admires or studies the works of Charles Dickens.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, pertaining to, or created by the English author Charles Dickens.
  2. Similar to Dickens' writing style, especially in commenting on society, or in using emotion, humour, or rich descriptions.
    — a Dickensian name
  3. Reminiscent of the environments and situations most commonly portrayed in Dickens' writings, such as poverty, social injustice, and other aspects of Victorian England.
    — At last the first glimpse from a bridge of an open-top red bus, and a noticeable darkening of the atmosphere from the smoke of London: then the increasingly dingy stations with double-barrel names, set amid what has always been to me the outstanding feature of the "Premier Line" approach to London—the positively marvellous display of crazy chimney-pots on the grey inner suburban houses. As many as twenty, all of varying style, standing together like ranks of jagged teeth, and providing a Dickensian back-cloth which no other route can boast.

词形变化

more Dickensian comparative most Dickensian superlative Dickensians plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Dickensianly
相关词
Dickenesque Dickensesque Dickensiana Dickensish Dickensite Dickensy

词源

词源 1
From Dickens (the surname of Charles Dickens (1812–1870)) + -ian (suffix forming adjectives or nouns meaning ‘belonging to, relating to, or like’).
词源 2
From Dickens (the surname of Charles Dickens (1812–1870)) + -ian (suffix forming adjectives or nouns meaning ‘belonging to, relating to, or like’).
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