英语词汇“balls”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

balls

(bɔːlz )

Word forms: ballses , ballsing , ballsed

1. uncountable noun

If you say that someone has balls, you mean that they have courage. [informal, rude, approval]

To work on this show you've got to have balls.

I never had the balls to do anything like this.

2. exclamation & uncountable noun

You can say 'balls' or say that what someone says is balls when you think that it is stupid or wrong. [British, informal, very rude, feelings]

What complete and utter balls!

Phrasal verbs:

balls up

phrasal verb

If you balls up a task or activity, you do it very badly, making a lot of mistakes. [British, informal, rude]

You have single-handedly ballsed up the best opportunity we've had! [VERB PARTICLE noun]

I have no intention of letting you balls it up. [VERB noun PARTICLE]

[Also VERB PARTICLE]

Idioms:

cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey [British, informal]

extremely cold

It was a cold snap in the middle of spring with winds cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.

keep balls in the air

to deal with many different things at the same time

They had trouble keeping all their balls in the air. They were trying to do too much and things were starting to break down.

单词	balls
释义	balls (bɔːlz ) Word forms: ballses , ballsing , ballsed 1. uncountable noun If you say that someone has balls, you mean that they have courage. [informal, rude, approval] To work on this show you've got to have balls. I never had the balls to do anything like this. 2. exclamation & uncountable noun You can say 'balls' or say that what someone says is balls when you think that it is stupid or wrong. [British, informal, very rude, feelings] What complete and utter balls! Phrasal verbs: balls up phrasal verb If you balls up a task or activity, you do it very badly, making a lot of mistakes. [British, informal, rude] You have single-handedly ballsed up the best opportunity we've had! [VERB PARTICLE noun] I have no intention of letting you balls it up. [VERB noun PARTICLE] [Also VERB PARTICLE] Idioms: cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey [British, informal] extremely cold It was a cold snap in the middle of spring with winds cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers keep balls in the air to deal with many different things at the same time They had trouble keeping all their balls in the air. They were trying to do too much and things were starting to break down. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
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