yarbles

发音

US /ˈjɑː(ɹ)bəlz/

词形变化

yarble

别名

yarblockos

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Testicles.

    俚语 粗俗
  2. 2.

    Courage, fortitude, or machismo.

    比喻 俚语 不可数 粗俗
  3. 3.

    Nonsense; something of unacceptably poor quality.

    委婉 俚语 不可数 粗俗
  4. 4.

    Information that is false or otherwise misleading.

    委婉 俚语 不可数 粗俗
interj.
  1. 1.

    Expressing disgust, annoyance, frustration, or disapproval.

    非正式 委婉 粗俗

词源

Yarbles was coined by Anthony Burgess in 1962, when he introduced it as slang for "testicles" within the invented dialect Nadsat of his dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange. The word is generally understood to be a derivation from Russian яблоко (jabloko, “apple”), owing to the variant form "yarblockos" used within the same novel. Jabloko does not have the equivalent vulgar connotation among Russian speakers, although яйца (jajca, literally “eggs”) does, which may have influenced the word. Green's Dictionary of Slang posits an possible alternate origin as yarb + balls: a combination of the antiquated, sometimes-derogatory English dialect word "yarb" with the vulgar colloquialism "balls". Others have suggested a connection to marbles via the methods of English rhyming slang.

来源:wiktionary