英语词汇“to play the dickens”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

4. to play the (very) dickens (with): to cause mischief (for); to wreak havoc (on).Cf. to play the devil with at devil n. Phrases 4a, to play the deuce with at deuce n.² b, to play hell with at hell n. and int. Phrases 5a(a).

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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > become disordered [verb (intransitive)] > cause disorder

to make havoc1480

to play the devil (also the very devil, the devil and all)1542

to play the dickens1771

to work havoca1774

to play smash1841

to play havoc1910

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 229 He [sc. the lion] would roar, and tear, and play the dickens.

1831 T. Moore Summer Fête 822 Like those Goths who played the dickens With Rome and all her sacred chickens.

1861 G. A. Sala Dutch Pict. xiii. 199 They [sc. the children] played the very dickens with Doctor Pantologos.

1938 Winnipeg Evening Tribune 25 Feb. 13/1 According to the laundry industry of New York state, the old Monday habit plays the very dickens with the laundries.

1993 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 15 May e1 A new pest has made it all the way past New Orleans: a freshwater mollusk that plays the dickens with drinking water systems.

单词	to play the dickens
释义	> as lemmas to play the (very) dickens (with) 4. to play the (very) dickens (with): to cause mischief (for); to wreak havoc (on).Cf. to play the devil with at devil n. Phrases 4a, to play the deuce with at deuce n.² b, to play hell with at hell n. and int. Phrases 5a(a). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > become disordered [verb (intransitive)] > cause disorder to make havoc1480 to play the devil (also the very devil, the devil and all)1542 to play the dickens1771 to work havoca1774 to play smash1841 to play havoc1910 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 229 He [sc. the lion] would roar, and tear, and play the dickens. 1831 T. Moore Summer Fête 822 Like those Goths who played the dickens With Rome and all her sacred chickens. 1861 G. A. Sala Dutch Pict. xiii. 199 They [sc. the children] played the very dickens with Doctor Pantologos. 1938 Winnipeg Evening Tribune 25 Feb. 13/1 According to the laundry industry of New York state, the old Monday habit plays the very dickens with the laundries. 1993 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 15 May e1 A new pest has made it all the way past New Orleans: a freshwater mollusk that plays the dickens with drinking water systems. extracted from dickensn. < as lemmas
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