dickens

FREQ #14010

n. 魔鬼

发音

其它 /ˈdɪkɪnz/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The devil.

    委婉

    She can go to the dickens for what she said.

    You scared the dickens out of me.

  2. 2.

    In the phrase the dickens (Used as an intensifier).

    Why the dickens did he do that?

    We had the dickens of a row.

    For quotations using this term, see the dickens.

  3. 3.

    A disturbance or row.

  4. 4.

    A spirit of mischief, prankishness.

    The dickens got into him when he played that trick.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

devil deuce

上位词 2

exclaiming exclamation

相关短语

Dickens County Dickens Heath play the dickens with the dickens you say plays the dickens with playing the dickens with played the dickens with the devil you say the dickens

词源

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

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