dickens的词源

英文词源

dickens

exclamation, 1590s, apparently a substitute for devil; probably altered from Dickon, nickname for Richard and source of the surnames Dickens and Dickenson, but exact derivation and meaning are unknown.

中文词源

dickens：究竟，到底

来自devil的委婉语或来自dick.

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