名詞 dickens:

1. a word used in exclamations of confusion
   同義詞：devil, deuce
2. English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870)
   同義詞：Charles Dickens, Charles John Huffam Dickens

1. Dickens is my favourite author.
   狄更斯是我最喜愛的作家。
2. His mother bought him a set of novels of Dickens.
   他母親給他買了一套狄更斯的小說。
3. Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities is a literary classic.
   狄更斯的《雙城記》是文學(xué)名著。
4. Dickens is his favorite author.
   狄更斯是他最喜歡的作家、

dick.ens

n.Informal （名詞）【非正式用語】
A severe reprimand or expression of anger:
責(zé)備，生氣：一種嚴(yán)厲的責(zé)備或生氣的表示：
例句：
gave me the dickens for being late.
由于來晚了請責(zé)備我

Used as an intensive:
用作加強(qiáng)語意的詞：
例句：
What in the dickens is thatô
有什么要責(zé)備的呢ô

來源：
Perhaps from the name Dickens [from diminutive of] Dick * see dick 2
可能源自名字 Dickens [] 源自Dick的小后綴 *參見 dick2