balloon

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ldoce_016_dbal·loon1 /bəˈluːn/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1  DLan object made of brightly coloured thin rubber, that is filled with air and used as a toy or decoration for parties 气球 Can you help me blow up these balloons? 你帮我把这些气球吹起来好吗？ He burst the balloon in my face. 他对着我的脸弄爆了气球。 →5  See picture of gondola 吊舱, hot-air balloon 热气球, balloon 气球2  TTA (also hot-air balloon) a large bag of strong light cloth filled with gas or heated air so that it can float in the air. It has a basket hanging below it for people to stand in 热气球 a balloon flight over the Yorkshire Moors 飞越约克郡沼泽区的热气球航行 →4  See picture of 见图 balloon3. TCNthe circle drawn around the words spoken by the characters in a cartoon 〔卡通漫画中表示人物对白的〕气球状对话框，对白圆圈 SYN bubble4  a balloon payment American EnglishBFL money borrowed that must be paid back in one large sum after several smaller payments have been made 〔分期付款中〕最后一笔数目特大的还款 a $10,000 balloon payment due in two years 最后一笔两年后到期该付的一万美元付款额5  the balloon goes up British English informal used to refer to the moment when a situation starts to become really bad 出现大麻烦，出乱子 We’ll have to get out of there before the balloon goes up. 我们得趁事情还没闹大的时候赶快脱身。 → go down like a lead balloon at lead3(3)

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balloon• They're holding a huge festival in September with 70 balloons.• No cardiologist would insert a balloon.• I sail up the hill and along Hyde Hill Lane as if I were a balloon.• hot air balloon rides• It will be years before I will understand the significance of these little balloons.• For this design knit the single teddy starting on the seventh stitch to avoid knitting part of the balloon.• Tell the students to blow up the balloon and then tape the straw to the balloon.• The balloons drop at midnight, and free champagne and party favors are included with your ticket.• A good cabinet officer will take a policy proposal, put a trial balloon out.blow up• Come and help me blow up the balloons.balloon flight• For example: A: Do you know what the longest balloon flight was?balloon2 (also balloon out) verb [intransitive]  1  INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNTto suddenly become larger in amount 突然增加，激增 SYN explode The company’s debt has ballooned in the past year. 在过去一年里，公司的债务激增。2  if someone balloons, they suddenly become fat 突然长胖 Paul ballooned after he got married. 保罗婚后吹气球似地胖了起来。3  GROW/GET BIGGERto get bigger and rounder 膨胀，鼓起来 The sheet flapped and ballooned in the wind. 被单在风中飘动，被吹得鼓鼓的。→ See Verb table

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balloon• The program's cost has ballooned from $270 million to more than $1 billion.• In recent years, the local police force has ballooned from two officers to 11.• Worse, hard drives in recent years have ballooned in size.• He looked at Angelina and overate, the right side of his. face ballooned like a heavyweight squirrel.• As firms' share of total deposits has ballooned, so Sberbank's relative power has shrivelled.• He ballooned to 300 pounds since college.• In this view, hot, insulated mantle wells up beneath a supercontinent, causing it to balloon upward.• Even as the black population ballooned, whites kept control of the City Council.Origin balloon1 (1500-1600) French ballon “large football, balloon”, from Italian ballone “large football”, from balla “ball”

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bal‧loon¹ /bəˈluːn/ noun [countable]
1. an object made of brightly coloured thin rubber, that is filled with air and used as a toy or decoration for parties:
    Can you help me blow up these balloons?
    He burst the balloon in my face.
2. (also hot air balloon) a large bag of strong light cloth filled with gas or heated air so that it can float in the air. It has a basket hanging below it for people to stand in:
    a balloon flight over the Yorkshire Moors
3. the circle drawn around the words spoken by the characters in a cartoon
   SYN  bubble
4. a balloon payment American English money borrowed that must be paid back in one large sum after several smaller payments have been made:
    a $10,000 balloon payment due in two years
5. the balloon goes up British English informal used to refer to the moment when a situation starts to become really bad:
    We’ll have to get out of there before the balloon goes up.
⇨ go down like a lead balloon at lead³(3)

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balloon² (also balloon out) verb [intransitive]
1. to suddenly become larger in amount
   SYN  explode:
    The company’s debt has ballooned in the past year.
2. if someone balloons, they suddenly become fat:
    Paul ballooned after he got married.
3. to get bigger and rounder:
    The sheet flapped and ballooned in the wind.