单词	balloon
释义	noun | verb balloonballoon1 /bəˈlun/ ●●● S3 W3 noun [countable] Etymology ETYMOLOGYballoon1 Origin: 1500-1600 French ballon large football, balloon, from Italian ballone large football Collocations COLLOCATIONS► blow up the balloons  Could you blow up the balloons (=put air in them)? 1 a small brightly colored rubber bag that can be filled with air and used as a toy or decoration for parties:  Could you blow up the balloons (=put air in them)?2a very large bag of strong light cloth filled with gas or heated air so that it can float in the air, with a basket hanging below it for people to travel in SYN hot-air balloon3the circle drawn around the words spoken by the characters in a cartoon4a balloon payment money borrowed that must be paid back in one large sum after several smaller payments have been made5go down like a lead balloon informal if a joke, remark, etc. goes down like a lead balloon, people do not laugh or react as you expected [Origin: 1500–1600 French ballon large football, balloon, from Italian ballone large football] → see also trial balloon noun | verb balloonballoon2 verb [intransitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE balloon Simple Form Present I, you, we, they balloon he, she, it balloons Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they ballooned Present perfect I, you, we, they have ballooned he, she, it has ballooned Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had ballooned Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will balloon Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have ballooned Continuous Form Present I am ballooning he, she, it is ballooning you, we, they are ballooning Past I, he, she, it was ballooning you, we, they were ballooning Present perfect I, you, we, they have been ballooning he, she, it has been ballooning Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been ballooning Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be ballooning Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been ballooning 1to become larger in amount:  The program’s cost has ballooned to more than $1 billion.2to gain weight suddenly:  He ballooned to 300 pounds after college.
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