| 单词 | thought balloon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthought balloon thought balloon n. †(a) a person's thoughts, conceived of as a hot-air balloon (obsolete rare); (b) = thought bubble n. (b). ΚΠ 1864 L. M. Millard Nepenthe ix. 66 He is so often perched up on the frozen heights of theological speculation, or soaring off in some transcendental balloon... There's no knowing on what wild ocean we'll land if follow him in his thought balloon over the sea of conjecture. 1950 E. Larsen Spotlight on Films i. 34 They showed the girl sitting in her room, and above her head a so-called ‘dream balloon’ or ‘thought balloon’. 2005 Washington Post 20 Oct. c12 (cartoon caption) ‘Sarge! How did you find me?’ ‘I read your thought balloon in the first panel.’ < as lemmas |
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