单词详解

1. n.

A. 气球 (small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck)

Many children like balloons. 许多孩子都喜欢气球。

B. 热气球 (large tough non-rigid bag filled with gas or heated air)

He flew hundreds of miles in a balloon. 他乘热气球飞了几百英里。

2. vi.

膨胀如气球；像气球般鼓起 (become inflated)

Her skirt ballooned in the high wind. 她的裙子在大风中鼓起。

相关词组

like a lead balloon 毫无影响，毫无作用 

The jokes he told went down like a lead balloon. 他讲的笑话如石沉大海，没激起半点反应。

相关单词

近义词：inflate, billow

复数：balloons