| 单词 | balloon |
| 释义 | balloon (once / 593 pages) nv A balloon is a colorful bit of rubber that can be blown up or filled with helium. Many children's parties are decorated with balloons. While most balloons are round, they come in many sizes and shapes. Balloon artists twist long, thin balloons together to form animals, hats, and other items, and Mylar balloons are made from a kind of thin, metallic paper. Much larger balloons include hot air balloons and weather balloons. In the 1500s, balloon was a game played with a leather ball, from the Italian pallone, "large ball." WORD FAMILYballoon: ballooned, ballooning, balloonist, balloons+/balloonist: balloonists USAGE EXAMPLESHelium balloons declaring “Congratulations” floated above the long table. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived Friday in Norfolk to cheers from hundreds of spouses and children clutching balloons and flowers and waving signs. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) She organized a surprise party last year, complete with cake and balloons, that drew about 50 people. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck Hyper plaything, toy an artifact designed to be played with 2n large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air Hypo|Hyper hot-air balloon balloon for travel through the air in a basket suspended below a large bag of heated air meteorological balloona small unmanned balloon set aloft to observe atmospheric conditions trial balloona balloon sent up to test air currents pilot balloonmeteorological balloon used to observe air currents lighter-than-air craft aircraft supported by its own buoyancy 3v become inflated The sails ballooned Syn|Hypo|Hyper billow, inflate reflate become inflated again expand become larger in size or volume or quantity 4v ride in a hot-air balloon He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China Hyper aviate, fly, pilot operate an airplane |
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