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dickens

/ˈdɪkɪnz

noun [in singular] informal, dated

Used for emphasis, or to express annoyance or surprise when asking questions: what the dickens is going on? they work like the dickens...

On a bad day, the knees and hips that haven't already been replaced hurt like the dickens.
‘It hurt like the dickens,’ the first-term congressman said.
He is in a dickens of a bind, it seems to me, morally, ethically, and legally.

Late 16th century: a euphemism for 'devil', probably a use of the surname Dickens.

单词	dickens
释义	dickens /ˈdɪkɪnz / noun [in singular] informal, dated Used for emphasis, or to express annoyance or surprise when asking questions: what the dickens is going on? they work like the dickens... On a bad day, the knees and hips that haven't already been replaced hurt like the dickens. ‘It hurt like the dickens,’ the first-term congressman said. He is in a dickens of a bind, it seems to me, morally, ethically, and legally. Origin Late 16th century: a euphemism for 'devil', probably a use of the surname Dickens.
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