balloon

英 [bəˈluːn]

美 [bəˈluːn]

n.  气球; 热气球
v.  (突然)膨胀，涨大; 乘热气球飞行

复数：balloons　过去式：ballooned　现在分词：ballooning　过去分词：ballooned　第三人称单数：balloons　

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Collins.2 / BNC.5623 / COCA.4774

习惯用语

n.

when the balloon goes up
• 意料中的麻烦出现时；（不出所料）出乱子时
  when the trouble that you are expecting begins
go down like a lead balloon
• 非常失败；不被接受
  to be very unsuccessful; to not be accepted by people

牛津词典

noun

• 气球
  a small bag made of very thin rubber that becomes larger and rounder when you fill it with air or gas. Balloons are brightly coloured and used as decorations or toys.
  1. to blow up/burst/pop a balloon
     吹起气球；使气球爆裂
• 热气球
  a large balloon made of strong material that is filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air, usually carrying a basket for passengers

verb

• （突然）膨胀，涨大
  to suddenly swell out or get bigger
  1. Her skirt ballooned out in the wind.
     她的裙子让风吹得鼓起来了。
• 乘热气球飞行
  to travel in a hot-air balloon as a sport

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 气球
  Aballoonis a small, thin, rubber bag that you blow air into so that it becomes larger and rounder or longer. Balloons are used as toys or decorations.
  1. She popped a balloon with her fork.
     她用叉子戳破了一个气球。
• N-COUNT 热气球
  Aballoonis a large, strong bag filled with gas or hot air, which can carry passengers in a container that hangs underneath it.
  1. They are to attempt to be the first to circle the Earth non-stop by balloon.
     他们试图完成乘热气球不间断环球飞行的创举。
• VERB （数量）激增，猛涨，快速膨胀
  When somethingballoons, it increases rapidly in amount.
  1. In London, the use of the Tube has ballooned...
     在伦敦，坐地铁的人激增。
  2. The budget deficit has ballooned to $25 billion...
     预算赤字已经猛增到250亿美元。

英英释义

noun

• large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
• small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck

verb

• become inflated
  1. The sails ballooned
  Synonym:inflatebillow
• ride in a hot-air balloon
  1. He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China

双语例句

• He pricked the balloon and burst it.
  他把气球扎爆了。
• The climbing balloon drifted silently over the countryside
  不断上升的气球静静地飘过乡间。
• Don't blow the balloon up any further! it'll burst!
  别给气球多充气了！它会炸的！
• The balloon was invented before the plane.
  热气球是在飞机发明之前发明的。
• A balloon floated across the sky.
  气球飘过天空。
• The balloon burst.
  气球爆了。
• His jokes about woman drivers went down like a lead balloon.
  他讲了不少女人驾车的笑话，但没人笑。
• The child cried when his balloon burst.
  气球破了，孩子哭了起来。
• The balloon rose up slowly into the air.
  气球缓缓升上天空。
• The world's first transatlantic balloon race ended in chaos last night
  昨晚世界第一届跨大西洋热气球比赛在一片混乱中收场。