Picture a thin rubber bag going from a flat scrap in your fingers to a taut round thing bigger than your head — and doing it in a few breaths. Two things are in that picture: the round shape, and the speed of the swelling. Different uses of balloon pick up one or the other.
登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。
原始詞典資料20 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
balloonnoun/bəˈluːn/
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An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
- 2
Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.
- 3
Such an object designed to transport people or equipment through the air.
- We immediately threw out all the little things we had with us, ſuch as biſcuits, apples, &c. and after that one of our oars or wings; but ſtill deſcending, we caſt away the other wing, and then the governail ; having likewiſe had the precaution, for fear of accidents, while the Balloon was filling, partly to looſen and make it go eaſy, I now ſucceeded in attempting to reach without the Car, and unſcrewing the moulinet, with all its apparatus; I likewiſe caſt that into the ſea.
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medicinesciencesA sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
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A speech bubble.
- 6
A wide rounded glass with a stem and foot, used for wine, brandy, etc.
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architectureA ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
- the balloon of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London
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chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
另外 6 個記錄的用法
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A bomb or shell.
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obsoleteA game played with a large inflated ball.
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artscraftsengravingThe outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
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slangA woman's breast.
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slangA small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.
- And all I had to do in return was take a drive up to Ricardo's place on the way home and then a pretty edgy one back to Rondebosch with a balloon of coke sandwiched between two pairs of underpants.
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businessfinanceSynonym of balloon payment.
- The purpose of the balloon is to reduce the periodic payment required during the life of the financing period.
balloonverb/bəˈluːn/
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To increase or expand rapidly.
- His stomach ballooned from eating such a large meal.
- Prices will balloon if we don't act quickly.
- 2
To go up or voyage in a balloon.
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To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
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To inflate like a balloon.
- A puff of wind from the open door caught and ballooned the scanties; off they sailed, out the window billowing into freedom.
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hobbieslifestylesportsTo strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.
- After four minutes, leading goalscorer Haworth slid in but ballooned the ball over from six yards, and Hume then outran the defence to get to the by-line, but he could only hit his cross straight out.
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aeronauticsaerospaceaviationOf an aircraft: to plunge alternately up and down.
- The plane ballooned into the air about 20 feet, banging down again for another good-sized hop.
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