up to eleven

短语

发音

UK /ˌʌp tə ɪˈlɛvən/
AU
US /ˌʌp tə ɪˈlɛvən/
US /-əˈlɛvən/

词形变化

upped to eleven upping to eleven ups to eleven 三单 ups to eleven upping to eleven 现在分词 upped to eleven 过去式 upped to eleven 过去分词

别名

up to 11

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To increase (something) to an extremely high or strong degree; to make (something) go over the top.

    俚语 及物
phr.
  1. 1.

    Up to or beyond the maximum possible threshold; to an extremely high or strong degree.

    幽默 习语 非正式

词源

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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