| 单词 | fire balloon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire balloon fire balloon n. †(a) a type of firework in the shape of a balloon; cf. balloon n. 3 (obsolete rare); (b) a balloon or lantern inflated with air heated by means of a fire beneath its mouth; cf. hot-air balloon n.; (c) a type of balloon used in the Second World War as an airborne incendiary weapon (now historical). ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > [noun] > balloon > types of balloon fire balloon1754 Montgolfier1783 hot-air balloon1843 sausage1858 sausage balloon1874 observation balloon1909 obbo1925 aerostat1974 1754 A. Berthelson Eng. & Danish Dict. Balloon, fire balloon, et slags fyrvœrkerie af andseende som en stoer gloende kugle [a kind of firework with the appearance of a large glowing ball]. 1784 Scots Mag. Feb. 57/2 The brilliant successes of the Parisian Aeronauts gave no doubt some countenance to the confidence of one of the original inventors, (the elder Montgolfier), who undertook to construct at Lyons a fire-balloon of an immense size. 1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) I. 170 Fire-balloons, or those raised by heated air. 1888 J. Payn Myst. Mirbridge ix. 57 Damage done to his straw-yard by a fire-balloon which he (Richard) had sent up on a Guy Fawkes' Day. 1942 Irish Times 2 Oct. 1 (heading) Fire balloons warning...the R.A.F. are dropping incendiaries in the form of dome-shaped rubber balloons over Germany. 1945 Billboard 8 Sept. 50/1 Thirty million dollars' worth of planes and Air Force equipment; a Jap fire balloon;..and band concerts drew the record-breaking attendance. 1999 Descent Oct. 26/1 We sent up a fire-balloon to a height of 50 feet, but it failed to reveal the farthest recesses of this weird roof. 2008 C. Schwendiman Saving Lives, saving Honour 82 A fire balloon killed the only American civilian on the mainland. < as lemmas |
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