Crikey is a mild word you blurt out when you are surprised, or a bit annoyed — a soft stand-in for a stronger swear. “Crikey, that’s expensive!” “Crikey, I didn’t see that coming.” It is very British and Australian, a little old-fashioned and a little comic.

Crikey is a mild word you blurt out when you are surprised, or a bit annoyedCrikey是一個溫和的字，會在你驚訝或有點不爽時脫口而出——a soft stand-in for a stronger swear用來代替更粗的髒話。"Crikey, that's expensive!""Crikey, that's expensive!"哎呀，這也太貴了吧"Crikey, I didn't see that coming.""Crikey, I didn't see that coming."天啊，我完全沒料到。It is very British and Australian這個字非常英國和澳洲，a little old-fashioned and a little comic有點過時，也帶點喜感。

Younger people still use it, often with a smile. Steve Irwin made it famous around the world, so some people outside Britain say it as a joke.

Younger people still use it, often with a smile年輕人還是會用，通常是帶著笑意用。Steve Irwin made it famous around the world鱷魚先生Steve Irwin讓這個字在全世界出名，so some people outside Britain say it as a joke所以英國以外的人有時候會開玩笑地說這個字。

It started in the 1800s as a polite dodge for the name Christ (perhaps from “Christ King”), so you could sound shocked without using a holy name. Cripes, criminy, and Scottish crivvens are the same kind of polite shock-word.

It started in the 1800s as a polite dodge for the name Christ它從1800年代開始，是用來委婉迴避Christ基督這個名字的說法，perhaps from "Christ King"可能是從"Christ King"這個講法變來的，so you could sound shocked without using a holy name這樣你就可以表現出驚訝，又不用直接講到神聖的名字。Cripes, criminy, and Scottish crivvens are the same kind of polite shock-wordCripes、criminy，還有蘇格蘭話的crivvens，都是同一類委婉的驚嘆詞。

It is speech, not writing; you would not put it in a school essay. It is never a noun or a verb — just the little explosion at the start of a sentence.

It is speech, not writing這是口說用語，不是書面語；you would not put it in a school essay你不會把它寫進學校作文裡。It is never a noun or a verb它從來不會當名詞或動詞用——just the little explosion at the start of a sentence只是句子開頭那一聲小小的爆發。