dickens

dickens
[ˈdɪkɪnz]
noun
  1. [in sing.](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。
    ■(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?。
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: probably a use of the surname Dickens
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