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　

中考高考CET4考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM4

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

• 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。
• The part of a balloon or airship that carries people and cargo.
  气球或飞艇中载人和货物的部分。
• Zhang: Oh, I have a balloon hat.
  张：哦，我有一个气球的帽子。
• A balloon popped, sounding like a gunshot.
  一只气球爆裂了，听着像是枪响。
• His balloon blown off.
  他的气球被风吹走了。
• I took an uncharged balloon and rubbed it on my uncharged hair.
  我用一个不带电的气球与我的同样不带电的头发摩擦。
• The climbing balloon drifted silently over the countryside
  不断上升的气球静静地飘过乡间。
• They floated the trial balloon of actually cutting Social Security.
  他们推出了真正削减社会保障的试行方案。
• This is a Curious George and the Hot Air Balloon Book.
  这是一种好奇的乔治和热气球的书。
• 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。