中英互译
whole nine yards
基本释义
- 全套：指一件事情的全部内容或一系列相关的事物。
双语例句
- When Dan cooks dinner he always goes the whole nine yards, with three courses and a choice of dessert.丹做饭总是全份的：三道菜，外加一道甜食。来自《牛津词典》
- He bought her a cake, flowers, a ring, The whole nine yards.他为她买了蛋糕、花及戒指，总之什么都有了。
- If I told him where I was, he would go the whole nine yards to help me but only to add to my trouble.如果我告诉他我在那里，他就将去全部九个院子帮我，但这只会增加我的麻烦。
网络短语
- The Whole Nine Yards整九码；整整九码；杀手不眨眼；杀人不眨眼
- go the whole nine yards为了达到某一目的而竭尽全力
- the whole nine yards detail整整九码
同义词
词源
- whole nine yards来自拉丁语ultra.
- whole nine yardsThe origin is unknown, but many theories exist.[1][2][3] The earliest known print appearance in these senses is in an article by Stephen Trumbell in the 1964-04-25 Tuscon Daily Citizen, titled “Talking Hip in the Space Age” and discussing NASA jargon: “‘Give ’em the whole nine yards’ means an item-by-item report on any project.”[4] The synonymous variant “all nine yards” appeared in a letter from Gale F. Linster to the editor of the 1962-12 Car Life.[5] An earlier variant, “whole six yards”, is attested from 1912, which appears to invalidate various theories that attach specific import to the nine yards (such as a theory connecting it to the length of machine gun ammunition belts on World War II B-17 bombers, and one connecting it to the amount of concrete that a concrete mixer can hold), as well as theories that postulate a World War II origin.[6]