1what/who/where the dickens ...? spoken old-fashionedSURPRISEDANGRYused when asking a question to show that you are very surprised or angry 到底是什么/谁/在哪儿…?〔表示非常惊讶或愤怒〕
What the dickens is the matter with her?
她到底怎么回事?
2as pretty/smart etc as the dickens spoken old-fashionedVERYAmerican EnglishAmE very pretty, clever etc 非常漂亮/聪明等
Isn’t she as cute as the dickens!
她多么可爱啊!
Examples from the Corpus
dickens• The first is: How the dickens are you getting them in?• Indeed - what the dickens was the matter with her? - she didn't want to be sensible.• What the dickens, so to speak, was he to do?