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deuce
dus,djus;dju:s
((口語))
<<名詞>>
1 惡魔
"Love is a bodily infirmity...which breaks out the deuce knows how or why". (Thackeray)
愛是種肉體上的疾病…只有惡魔才知道它是怎樣發(fā)生, 為何出現(xiàn)
2 顯例; 實例
had a deuce of a time getting out of town
有一次離開城鎮(zhèn)的例子
a deuce of a family row
家庭紛爭的顯例
3 嚴厲的斥責; 生氣
got the deuce for being late
因為遲到而被臭罵一頓
4 ((口語)) (用於加強語氣)
What the deuce were they thinking of?
他們到底在想些什麼?
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