| 单词 | what the dickens |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat (also where, how, etc.) the dickens 1. Intensifying an interrogative word or phrase, as what (also where, how, etc.) the dickens; formerly also †what (also where, how, etc.) a dickens: used to express incredulity, annoyance, etc.Cf. devil n. Phrases 1d(a), what the deuce? at deuce n.2 b. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > euphemisms for stronger oaths > for the devil dickens1599 dash1883 1599 T. Heywood 1st Pt. King Edward IV sig. E3 What the dickens is it loue that makes ye prate to me so fondly. 1671 J. Caryll Sir Salomon iii. 45 What a dickens is come to our Master? 1677 T. D'Urfey Madam Fickle ii. 14 Oh have I found you at last? I wonder where the Dickins you ramble! 1794 J. Wolcot Rowland for Oliver in Wks. II. 308 Then what a dickens can I do or say? 1872 J. W. De Forest Kate Beaumont xv. 62 Who the dickens told you that nonsense? 1882 Cent. Mag. Feb. 491/1 I wonder how the dickens I got my Nightshirt all over tar like that. 1922 ‘R. Crompton’ Just—William i. 26 Why the dickens is the young idiot coming at this time of day? 2004 N.Y. Times 19 Dec. (Week in Review section)11/3 Who the dickens are you? < as lemmas |
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