heck
exclamation, noun /hek/
/hek/
(informal)Idioms - used to show that you are slightly annoyed or surprised; used to emphasize something
(表示略微烦恼或吃惊) - Oh heck, I'm going to be late!
见鬼,我要迟到了! - Heck! You’re here early!
见鬼!你来早了! - a heck of a something We had to wait a heck of a long time!
我们只好等了很长时间! - It was a heck of a lot of fun.
这真是太有趣了。 - The world has a heck of a lot of people needing to be fed.
世界上有很多人需要吃饭。 - Who the heck are you?
你究竟是谁?
词源late 19th cent. (originally northern English dialect): euphemistic alteration of hell. - Oh heck, I'm going to be late!
Idioms
for the heck of it
- (informal) just for pleasure rather than for a reason
只是闹着玩;不为什么
what the heck!
- (informal) used to say that you are going to do something that you know you should not do
(表示明知不应做某事,却偏要做) - It means I'll be late for work but what the heck!
那意味着我上班会迟到,不过管它的呢!
- It means I'll be late for work but what the heck!