| 单词 | balls-out |
| 释义 | balls-out, adv. and a. slang (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |ˌbɔːlzˈaʊt|, U.S. |ˌbɔlzˈaʊt|, |ˌbɑlzˈaʊt|
[‹ the plural of ball n.1 + out adv., perhaps after all out adv. Compare later balls-to-the-wall adj.
Attested earlier as the name of a U.S. fighter plane during the Second World War: see J. M. Campbell & D. Campbell War Paint (1990) 92.]
A. adv. Without reservation or restraint; all out, ‘at full throttle’.
1959H. Searls Big X ii. 167 They went balls-out. 1976B. Woodward & C. Bernstein Final Days 237 We can see that they will go balls out. 1987B. Bova Millennium 237 His mind flashed a memory of roaring balls-out in an F-18 thirty meters above the Mojave floor. 2005Halifax Daily News (Nexis) 27 Feb. 51 They probably played 110 per cent and went balls-out.
B. adj. Unrestrained, uninhibited; aggressive, extremely forceful, all-out.
1968T. Wolfe Electric Kool-aid Acid Test vii. 88 A risk-all balls-out plunge into the unknown. 1987Autosport 28 May 37/1 There were over 90 miles of balls-out driving. 1994BBC Top Gear Mag. Aug. 113 [A] one hundred per cent maximum balls-out attack in cars boasting up to 1,400 horsepower. 2001GQ Nov. 264/4 This jump is as much about technical ability as balls-out bravura. |
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