〈非 正式,旧,婉〉 [用于加重语气]着魔
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they work like the dickens 他们着了魔似的工作
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she was in a dickens of a rush .她要命似的急急忙忙。
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[用于问句中表示恼怒或吃惊]究竟,到底
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what the dickens is going on? 到底发生了什么事?
Charles (John Huffam) (1812-70 ), English novelist
狄更斯,查尔斯(·约翰·赫法姆)(1812-1870, 英国小说家)。
"late 16th cent.: probably a use of the surname