up to eleven

介词短语 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˌʌp tə ɪˈlɛvən/    美 /ˌʌp tə ɪˈlɛvən/|/-əˈlɛvən/

英文释义

介词短语
  1. Up to or beyond the maximum possible threshold; to an extremely high or strong degree. humorous,idiomatic,informal
    — She and River looked at me hard; but I lowered my eyes and leaned forward, with the nonchalance turned up to eleven, extinguished my cigarette, made eye-contact and nodded curtly.
动词 v.
  1. To increase (something) to an extremely high or strong degree; to make (something) go over the top. slang,transitive

词形变化

up to 11 alternative ups to eleven present,singular,third-person upping to eleven participle,present upped to eleven participle,past upped to eleven past

词源

词源 1
PIE word
*h₁óynos
The term refers to a scene in the mockumentary This is Spinal Tap (1984), in which the character Nigel Tufnel, the lead guitarist of the band Spinal Tap, shows the director of the documentary Marty DiBergi a guitar amplifier with setting knobs that go from zero to eleven, rather than the standard zero to ten.
词源 2
PIE word
*h₁óynos
The term refers to a scene in the mockumentary This is Spinal Tap (1984), in which the character Nigel Tufnel, the lead guitarist of the band Spinal Tap, shows the director of the documentary Marty DiBergi a guitar amplifier with setting knobs that go from zero to eleven, rather than the standard zero to ten.
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