Dickensian是什么意思？

Dickensian

英[dɪˈkenziən]

• n. 专门研究狄更斯（英国小说家）者，崇拜狄更斯者；
• adj. 狄更斯的；

例句

• Prepare yourself for a Dickensian romp complete with snow, street urchins and gentlemen in waistcoats. 准备好迎接狄更生式的,包含积雪 、 街头顽童和穿着马甲的绅士的轻松情节.
• To exploit this demand, pawnbrokers are shedding their dingy, Dickensian image. 为了开拓市场, 典当商人正在试图摆脱他们过去阴暗的狄更斯时代的形象.
• The causes have tended to be unpaid wages or Dickensian working conditions. 事件的起因往往是拖欠工资或堪比狄更斯时代的劳动条件.
• ...Dickensian atmospherics. 狄更斯小说的情调

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. of or like the novels of Charles Dickens (especially with regard to poor social and economic conditions)