balloon

noun

1. 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
2. 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

1. （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。
2. 乘热气球飞行
   to travel in a hot-air balloon as a sport

1. N-COUNT 气球
   A balloon is 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。
2. N-COUNT 热气球
   A balloon is 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。
3. VERB （数量）激增，猛涨，快速膨胀
   When something balloons, 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。

1. She popped a balloon with her fork.
   她用叉子戳破了一个气球。
2. 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。
3. In London, the use of the Tube has ballooned
   在伦敦，坐地铁的人激增。
4. It wasn't a balloon — I'm certain of that.
   那不是气球，这点我敢肯定。
5. 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。
6. The climbing balloon drifted silently over the countryside
   不断上升的气球静静地飘过乡间。
7. A balloon popped, sounding like a gunshot.
   一只气球爆裂了，听着像是枪响。
8. 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。
9. The balloon rose up slowly into the air.
   气球缓缓升上天空。
10. The balloon burst with a bang.
    气球啪的一声爆炸了。
11. The balloon burst.
    气球爆了。
12. A balloon floated across the sky.
    气球飘过天空。
13. The balloon enlarged as we pumped air into it.
    那个气球充气后就变大了。
14. The balloon has blown.
    气球炸开了。
15. The balloon ascended quickly.
    气球上升得很快。
16. His jokes about woman drivers went down like a lead balloon.
    他讲了不少女人驾车的笑话，但没人笑。
17. Don't blow the balloon up any further! it'll burst!
    别给气球多充气了！它会炸的！
18. The balloon was invented before the plane.
    热气球是在飞机发明之前发明的。
19. The child pricked the balloon and it burst.
    那孩子扎了下气球，气球就爆了。
20. 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。
21. 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。
22. Zhang: Oh, I have a balloon hat.
    张：哦，我有一个气球的帽子。
23. His balloon blown off.
    他的气球被风吹走了。
24. The child cried when his balloon burst.
    气球破了，孩子哭了起来。
25. He pricked the balloon and burst it.
    他把气球扎爆了。
26. 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。
27. Five hot-air balloon to escape north.
    五个北方人热气球逃脱了。
28. Pierced ears; a perforated eardrum; a punctured balloon.
    穿了洞的耳朵；被刺穿了的耳膜；被刺穿了的气球。

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

noun

1. large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air

2. small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck

verb

1. become inflated
   1. The sails ballooned

   Synonym:    inflatebillow

2. ride in a hot-air balloon
   1. He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China