balloon
- IPA[bəˈluːn]
英式
- 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.
- 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
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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.
動詞
- 1. swell out in a spherical shape the trousers ballooned out below his waist 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of an amount of money spent or owed) increase rapidly the company's debt has ballooned in the last five years 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (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
- the sport or pastime of flying in a balloon: he took up ballooning in 1907 a ballooning accident
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- the sport or pastime of flying in a balloon: he took up ballooning in 1907 a ballooning accident
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- a lighter-than-air balloon secured by a rope to the ground, used to carry radar equipment or ...
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- a repayment of the outstanding principal sum made at the end of a loan period, interest only ...
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- surgical widening of a blocked or narrowed blood vessel, especially a coronary artery, by means ...
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- a large tyre containing air at low pressure for travel on soft or uneven surfaces.
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- a large balloon anchored to the ground by cables and typically with netting suspended from it, ...
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- a mortgage in which a large portion of the borrowed principal is repaid in a single payment at ...
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- IPA[bəˈlo͞on]
美式
- 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
- swell out in a spherical shape; billow: the trousers ballooned out below his waist the wind ballooned her sleeves
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