balls-out

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Extreme; extremely great. US,idiomatic,not-comparable,slang
    — He's making a balls-out run for Motor City by nightfall.
副词 adv.
  1. Descriptive of the use of a centrifugal governor at maximum speed, corresponding to full throttle. not-comparable
  2. With great abandon. US,idiomatic,not-comparable,slang
  3. At the fastest possible speed. US,idiomatic,not-comparable,slang

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balls to the wall a synonymous term whose proposed etymologic connection to this one has been challenged

词源

词源 1
Usually said to be from the maximum-speed state of a ball governor, whose balls are swung out to the near-horizontal position. Neither balls-out nor balls to the wall is connected with the vulgar sense of balls (“testicles”) except connotationally via folk etymology. (In that vein of apparent vulgar innuendo, see also rock out with one's cock out.)
词源 2
Usually said to be from the maximum-speed state of a ball governor, whose balls are swung out to the near-horizontal position. Neither balls-out nor balls to the wall is connected with the vulgar sense of balls (“testicles”) except connotationally via folk etymology. (In that vein of apparent vulgar innuendo, see also rock out with one's cock out.)
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