名詞 balloon:

1. small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck
2. large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air

動(dòng)詞 balloon:

1. ride in a hot-air balloon
2. become inflated
   同義詞：inflate, billow

1. The child pricked the balloon and it burst.
   那孩子在氣球上刺了個(gè)洞，氣球就爆了。
2. A balloon floated across the sky.
   有個(gè)氣球從空中飄過。
3. The balloon went aloft.
   氣球升向天空。
4. The cat batted the balloon with its paws.
   貓用爪子擊打氣球。
5. Her skirt ballooned in the wind.
   她的裙子讓風(fēng)吹得鼓起來了。
6. I don't want to be around when the balloon goes up.
   要出事了，我趁早離開是非之地。
7. There are some color balloons.
   那兒有些彩色的氣球。

bal.loon

n.（名詞）

A flexible, nonporous bag inflated with a gas, such as helium, that is lighter than the surrounding air, that causes the bag to rise and float in the atmosphere.
氣球：一種有彈性、無孔充氣后膨脹的氣囊，如充入比周圍空氣輕的氦氣后能使氣囊上升并漂浮在大氣中
Such a bag with sufficient capacity to lift a suspended gondola or other payload.
飛船：有足夠能力提升一個(gè)懸浮船或其它重載的這種氣囊
Any of variously shaped, brightly colored inflatable rubber bags used as toys.
玩具氣球：一種形狀多樣、色彩明快、可用作玩具的充氣橡膠囊
Medicine A sac that is inserted into a body cavity or tube and distended with air or gas for therapeutic purposes, such as angioplasty.
【醫(yī)學(xué)】 充氣囊：出于治療目的而插入體腔或體管內(nèi)的充滿空氣或其他氣體的囊，如血管成形術(shù)
A rounded or irregularly shaped outline containing the words that a character in a cartoon is represented to be saying.
氣球形圓圈：圈有卡通片中人物所說的話的圓形或不規(guī)則線條
v.（動(dòng)詞）
bal.looned,bal.loon.ing,bal.loons
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To ascend or ride in a balloon.
乘氣球飛行：乘氣球上升或駕駛氣球
To expand or swell out like a balloon.See Synonyms at bulge
象氣球一樣膨脹：象氣球一樣延展或膨脹參見 bulge
To increase or rise quickly.
激增，飛漲：迅速增長(zhǎng)或上升
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To cause to expand by or as if by inflating.
使…膨脹：因或似因充氣而引起膨脹
adj.（形容詞）
Suggestive of a balloon, as in shape:
氣球般的：讓人想起氣球的，如在形狀上：
例句：
balloon curtains.
氣球狀圍幕

來源：
French ballon
法語(yǔ) ballon
from Italian dialectal ballone [augmentative of] balla [ball]
源自 意大利方言 ballone [] balla的增義成分 [球]
[of Germanic origin] * see bhel- 2
[源于日耳曼語(yǔ)的] *參見 bhel- 2

【引伸】
balloon.ist
n.（名詞）