| 单词 | balloon-like |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbaˈlloon-like baˈlloon-like adv. and adj. (a) adv. in the manner of a balloon; (b) adj. resembling or like a balloon; inflated, swollen, puffed-up. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adjective] > distending > swelling > swollen bollen?c1225 bolghena1250 swollenc1325 rank?a1400 forbolned1413 puff1472 voustyc1480 knule?a1513 puffed1536 boldenc1540 tumorous1547 bladder-like1549 hoven1558 forswollen1565 uppuffed1573 bolled1578 engrossed1578 heaved1578 puffy1598 swelleda1616 bloughty1620 inflate1620 tympanous1625 tumid1626 tumoured1635 tumefied1651 bloated1664 pluff1673 inflated1744 balloon-like?1784 bladdery1785 ballooned1820 bepuffeda1849 utriculate1860 pobby1888 ?1784 London Unmask'd vi. 138 I tell you, all your projects and your schemes will vanish, balloon like, in nubibus; and so let's dismiss this frothy subject. 1838 R. S. Surtees Jorrocks's Jaunts ii. 59 A gentleman in balloon-like leathers. 1861 A. Wynter Our Social Bees 120 The dominant balloon-like tumour. 1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such iv. 96 His addled originalities..and balloon-like conclusions. 1989 J. Conway Road from Coorain (1990) i. 4 A miraculous silvery-grey plant which stores its own water in small balloonlike round leaves. 2002 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 14 Dec. (Weekender section) 46 Thigh-high boots which inflate balloon-like every 30 seconds to reduce cellulite. < as lemmas |
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