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1. Oxford Dictionary

   balloon

   • IPA[bəˈluːn]

   英式

   • n.
     a small coloured rubber bag that is inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a child's toy or a decoration；a small inflatable bag that is inflated inside a hollow organ, typically to close or distend it.
   • v.
     swell out in a spherical shape；(of an amount of money spent or owed) increase rapidly

   • verb: balloon, 3rd person present: balloons, gerund or present participle: ballooning, past tense: ballooned, past participle: ballooned

   • noun: balloon, plural noun: balloons

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a small coloured rubber bag that is inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a child'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 one 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 especially for brandy a balloon of armagnac
   • 5. Scottish informal a stupid person.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. swell out in a spherical shape the trousers ballooned out below his waist 同義詞 swell (out), puff out/up, bulge (out), bag, belly (out), ... 更多fill (out), billow (out), blow up, inflate, distend, expand, dilate反義詞 sag, flap
   • ▪ (of an amount of money spent or owed) increase rapidly the company's debt has ballooned in the last five years 同義詞 increase rapidly, soar, rocket, shoot up, escalate, ... 更多mount, surge, spiral, grow rapidly, rise rapidly, informalgo through the ceiling, go through the roof, skyrocket反義詞 plummet
   • ▪ (of a person) increase rapidly in weight I ate out of boredom and I just ballooned up
   • 2. British (with reference to a ball) lob or be lobbed high in the air the ball ballooned into the air
   • 3. travel by hot-air balloon he is famous for ballooning across oceans

   ballooning

   • n.
     the sport or pastime of flying in a balloon: he took up ballooning in 1907 a ballooning accident

   Oxford Dictionary

   ballooning

   • n.
     the sport or pastime of flying in a balloon: he took up ballooning in 1907 a ballooning accident

   Oxford American Dictionary

   balloon angioplasty

   • n.
     surgical widening of a blocked or narrowed blood vessel, especially a coronary artery, by means ...

   Oxford Dictionary

   barrage balloon

   • n.
     a large balloon anchored to the ground by cables and typically with netting suspended from it, ...

   Oxford American Dictionary

   balloon whisk

   • n.
     a hand whisk made of loops of wire.

   Oxford Dictionary

   trial balloon

   • n.
     a tentative measure taken or statement made to see how a new policy will be received: different members of the cabinet are sending up one trial balloon after another

   Oxford Dictionary

   balloon payment

   • n.
     a repayment of the outstanding principal sum made at the end of a loan period, interest only ...

   Oxford Dictionary

   balloon mortgage

   • n.
     a mortgage in which a large portion of the borrowed principal is repaid in a single payment at ...

   Oxford American Dictionary

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   片語

   • when the balloon goes up
3. • 更多解釋

   balloon

   • IPA[bəˈlo͞on]

   美式

   • n.
     a brightly colored rubber sac that is inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a ... the room was festooned with balloons and streamers his derision pricked the fragile balloon of her vanity
   • v.
     swell out in a spherical shape; billow: the trousers ballooned out below his waist the wind ballooned her sleeves

   Oxford American Dictionary