balloon
balloonballoons
balloonballoonsballooningballoonedballooned
n.
① (輕)氣球
a captive [free] balloon
繫留[自由]氣球
a rigid [nonrigid] balloon
硬式[軟式]飛船
He likes to fly a hot-air balloon.
他喜歡飛熱氣球。
② (卡通漫畫等中用以表示畫中人物對白文字的)氣球狀之圈
vi.
①
⑴乘氣球飛行[上升]
⑵(球等)循曲線高飛
He likes to go ballooning.
他喜歡乘氣球飛行。
②
⑴鼓脹
⑵急增,猛升
Her skirt ballooned (out) in the wind.
她的裙子在風中鼓脹。
Prices are ballooning.
物價正在猛升。
vt.
① 使鼓脹
短语
1.when the balloon goes up
① 〖口〗(危機、戰爭等)事情發生時
He wasn't around when the balloon went up.
事情發生時,他不在場。
