词组 | bollocks; ballocks |
释义 | bollocks; ballocks noun 1 the testicles. Rarely singular UK, 1744. 2 nonsense. The 1977 album 'Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols' brought 'bollocks' to shop windows across the UK. At the time there was outrage but a quarter of a century later the word is now commonplace UK, 1919. 3 anything considered to be the finest, the most excellent, the best. An abbreviated form of DOG'S BOLLOCKS; usually after 'the' UK, 2000. 4 nerve, courage. BOLLOCKS (testicles) and bravery are both symbols of masculinity, one must therefore equal the other UK, 1995. 5 trouble, conflict UK, 2001. 6 a despicable contemptible person UK, 2003⇨ See: DOG'S BOLLOCKS. 7 fools. The singular fool may well be a bollock or bollocks UK, 2006.► do your bollocks1. to become enraged, to lose your temper UK, 1999.2. to lose all your money gambling UK, 2000.► go to bollocksto be forgotten UK, 1995.► will it bollocksused rhetorically to register doubt and disbelief UK, 2000 |
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