| 单词 | a dickens of a |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa (also the, one) dickens of a —— 6. a (also the, one) dickens of a —— and variants: (used as an intensifier, emphasizing size or degree) a considerable or remarkable ——.Cf. a devil of a —— at devil n. Phrases 1g, a hell of a —— at hell n. and int. Phrases 4a. ΚΠ 1829 T. C. Croker Legends Lakes I. 53 See how the white water comes biling..over the big black rocks... And then it makes such a dickins of a nise as it pounces into that black pool at the bottom. 1845 W. Carleton Parra Sastha v. 133 You're the dickens of a funny crathur, Nancy, so you are. 1871 Judy 1 Nov. 12/2 Tell you what, my dear boy, the Government is in the very dickens of a stew. 1912 H. Collingwood Adventures Dick Maitland xii. 189 No wonder that he was in such a dickens of a bad temper! 1995 B. Bryson Notes from Small Island (1996) vii. 106 Whoever was the person behind Stonehenge was one dickens of a motivator, I'll tell you that. < as lemmas |
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