balloon
- IPA[bəˈlo͞on]
美式
- a brightly colored rubber sac that is inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a children's toy or a decoration；a small inflatable bag that is inflated inside a hollow organ, typically to close or distend it.
- swell out in a spherical shape; billow；(of an amount of money) increase rapidly
verb: balloon, 3rd person present: balloons, gerund or present participle: ballooning, past tense: ballooned, past participle: ballooned
noun: balloon, plural noun: balloons
- 釋義
- 片語
名詞
- 1. a brightly colored rubber sac that is inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a children's toy or a decoration the room was festooned with balloons and streamers his derision pricked the fragile balloon of her vanity
- ▪ a small inflatable bag that is inflated inside a hollow organ, typically to close or distend it.
- 2. a large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air, typically carrying a basket for passengers he set his sights on crossing the Pacific by balloon
- 3. a rounded outline in which the words or thoughts of characters in a comic strip or cartoon are written a balloon reading “Ka-Pow!”
- 4. a large rounded drinking glass, used for brandy and other drinks a balloon of armagnac
動詞
- 1. swell out in a spherical shape; billow the trousers ballooned out below his waist the wind ballooned her sleeves 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of an amount of money) increase rapidly the company's debt has ballooned in the last five years ballooning government spending 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of a person) increase rapidly and dramatically in weight I had ballooned on the school's starchy diet
- 2. travel by hot-air balloon he is famous for ballooning across oceans
