领域: Universal Wordsnoun, verb
noun (!!!, slang)
1 [U] (BrE) nonsense:
That's a load of balls!
2 [pl.] courage:
She's got balls, I'll say that for her. * It took a lot of balls to do that.
3 (Balls!) (BrE) exclamation used as a swear word when you are are disagreeing with sth, or when you are angry about sth
HELPNOTE Less offensive ways to express this are 'Nonsense!', or 'Come off it!'
词性: verbPHRASALVERBS
balls sth<->up (BrE, !!!, slang) to spoil sth; to do sth very badly
relatednounBALLS-UP
HELPNOTE A more polite, informal way of saying this is foul sth up, cock sth up (slang), or bungle sth.
