One way to hold this word: it starts as the crudest everyday name for a part of the male body, and British and Irish speech keeps picking that taboo word up and throwing it at things. Thrown at somebody's claim, the claim becomes worthless talk. Thrown into the air when a plan collapses, it is just a shout. Thrown at a rule or a person, it is a refusal. Thrown at a machine, the machine is wrecked. Same rude object, different targets.
From the word’s history
Wiktionary traces the word to Middle English ballokes, the plural of ballok, from Old English beallucas — from the start the name of the body part. Every later use in this entry is that body word being reused, not a separate root.
依 Wiktionary 的說法，這個字來自中古英語 ballokes（ballok 的複數），再往前是古英語 beallucas，一開始指的就是身體的那個部位。後面「廢話」「咒罵」「搞砸」這些用法，都是同一個身體字被拿去重複使用，不是另一條來源。
Wiktionary, "bollocks"
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原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
bollocksnoun詞源 1/ˈbɒ.ləks/
- 1
vulgarThe testicles.
- 2
vulgarAn idiot; an ignorant or disagreeable person.
- —I’m a ballocks, he said, shaking his head in despair. I am and I know I am.
- He […] had come through Borstal institutions, mostly, I would say, by sucking up to bullying big bollixes the likes of James.
- 3
vulgarNonsense; rubbish.
- That's a load of bollocks, mate!
- All the dealers would steam into his cabin for a few sherbets after work, and to listen to his bollocks.
bollocksverb詞源 1/ˈbɒ.ləks/
- 1
vulgarTo break.
- The telly's bollocksed.
- 2
vulgarTo fail (a task); to make a mess of.
- I bollocksed that exam.
bollocksintj詞源 1/ˈbɒ.ləks/
- 1
vulgarAn expression of anger, frustration, etc.
- Oh bollocks, I'm late for work!
- 2
vulgarAn expression of incredulity.
- Bollocks! That never happened!
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
- the dog's bollocks
- bollock
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。