balloon

一、真题好句
balloon 义务阶段1500 全国卷频次:14
/bəˈluːn/
n.&v. balloons 0 balloons 0 ballooning 0 ballooned 1
气球 & 像气球般鼓起；乘气球飞行
高考真题原句提选：
An American and a Frenchman decided to cross the sea between France and England in a balloon in 1784.
High over the water, they discovered a hole in the balloon.
His big stomach has always ballooned out between his T-shirt and trousers.
The design was inspired by a desire to fight against the rapidly ballooning waistlines among British teenagers.

二、词组｜习惯用语
air balloon 气球
hot-air balloon n. 热气球
weather balloon 气象气球；探空气球
balloon angioplasty [外科学]气囊血管成形术；球囊成形术（等于percutaneous transluminal angioplasty）
balloon pump 球囊泵；气囊泵
balloon borne 球载反射器
balloon flower 桔梗花
like a lead balloon 毫无效果，毫无作用(意指如铅气球无法飞升)
balloon catheter 气囊导管，气泡式导管

三、词根记忆

balloon
n.
氣球,飛船;a.氣球狀的v.乘坐氣球;膨脹The inflated balloon indicates a latent inflation on the plateau.膨脹的氣球對高原指示潛在的通貨膨脹.
氣球(ball球+oon表名詞)[ball,bol=throw,dance,ball,表示”拋,舞,球”] n.
氣球(ball球)[-oon表名詞,”人或物”]

bal·loon / bE5lu:n /
noun
1. a small bag made of very thin rubber that becomes larger and rounder when you fill it with air or gas. Balloons are brightly coloured and used as decorations or toys.
气球:
to blow up / burst / pop a balloon
吹起气球；使气球爆裂
⇨ compare trial balloon
2. (also hot-‘air balloon) a large balloon made of strong material that is filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air, usually carrying a basket for passengers
热气球
IDIOMS
▪ when the bal’loon goes up
(BrE, informal)
when the trouble that you are expecting begins
意料中的麻烦出现时；(不出所料)出乱子时
⇨ more at lead ²
verb
[V] 1. ~ (out / up) to suddenly swell out or get bigger
(突然)膨胀,涨大:
Her skirt ballooned out in the wind.
她的裙子让风吹得鼓起来了。
2. (usually go ballooning) to travel in a hot-air balloon as a sport
乘热气球飞行

balloon1 /bəˈluːn/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1  balloon.jpgan 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。
→ See picture of gondola 吊舱, hot-air balloon 热气球, balloon 气球
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 热气球
a balloon flight over the Yorkshire Moors
飞越约克郡沼泽区的热气球航行
→ See picture of 见图 balloon
3. the 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 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 〔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)
balloon2 (also balloon out) verb [intransitive] 1  to 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  to 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。
Origin balloon1 (1500-1600) French ballon “large football, balloon”, from Italian ballone “large football”, from balla “ball”

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1.N-COUNT 可数名词气球 A balloon is a small, thin, rubber bag that you blow air into so that it becomes larger and rounder or longer. Balloons are used as toys or decorations.
She popped a balloon with her fork.

她用叉子戳破了一个气球。

2.N-COUNT 可数名词热气球 A balloon is a large, strong bag filled with gas or hot air, which can carry passengers in a container that hangs underneath it.

【搭配模式】：also by N
They are to attempt to be the first to circle the Earth non-stop by balloon.

他们试图完成乘热气球不间断环球飞行的创举。

3.VERB 动词（数量）激增，猛涨，快速膨胀 When something balloons, it increases rapidly in amount.

【语法信息】：V

【语法信息】：V to n
In London, the use of the Tube has ballooned…

在伦敦，坐地铁的人激增。

The budget deficit has ballooned to $25 billion…

预算赤字已经猛增到250亿美元。

1 balloon /bəˈluːn/ noun
plural balloons [count] 1
: a thin usually rubber bag that becomes larger when it is filled with air or gas气球
I blew up a balloon but then it burst.
我吹起一个气球，但之后它就爆了。
brightly colored balloons and other party decorations
各种颜色鲜艳的气球和其他派对装饰物
— see also hot-air balloon, trial balloon
2
: a picture or space in a cartoon that contains words that are spoken or thought by a character（卡通画中的）文字气球框
go over like a lead balloon (US) informal, of a joke, suggestion, etc. or British go down like a lead balloon
: to fail completely（笑话、建议等）完全不起作用
He told a joke about his mother-in-law and it went over like a lead balloon. [=no one laughed at the joke] 他讲了个关于他岳母的笑话，可没有人觉得好笑。
My suggestion went over like a lead balloon. [=no one liked my suggestion] 我的建议完全不起作用。
2 balloon /bəˈluːn/ verb
balloons; ballooned; ballooning [no object] : to become bigger quickly猛增；飞涨
Their credit card debt ballooned to more than $5,000.
他们的信用卡欠款猛增到5000美元以上。
His weight ballooned to 300 pounds. = He ballooned to 300 pounds.
他的体重猛增到300磅。
the ballooning costs of education
不断攀升的教育成本
ballooning weight
不断增加的体重