Word · Frequency #5623
ballooned
激增；急剧增长；迅速膨胀
ballooned is the past of balloon.
To increase or expand very quickly.
- 1.
To increase or expand rapidly.
迅速增加或扩展
- 2.
To go up or voyage in a balloon.
乘坐或航行于气球中
- 3.
To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
像在气球中一样升起
- 4.
ride in a hot-air balloon
乘坐热气球
- 5.
To inflate like a balloon.
像气球一样膨胀
- 6.
To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.
击球使其高飞
- 7.
Of an aircraft: to plunge alternately up and down.
(指飞机)上下颠簸
膨胀；鼓起；像气球一样鼓起；乘气球；乘坐热气球；把球高高击出；击高球；（飞机）上下颠簸；忽升忽降；用气球载运；用气球把…送上天空
In use
The company's debt ballooned after the merger.
The wind ballooned the sails and the boat moved faster.
The patient's abdomen was ballooning due to the infection.
He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China
balloon to [amount/number]
表示数量激增到某个数值
The population ballooned to over 10 million.
人口激增至超过1000万。
balloon out
表示膨胀鼓起来
The sails ballooned out in the strong wind.
在强风中船帆鼓了起来。
balloon [sth]
Connections
Collocations
- go ballooning
- 乘坐热气球（活动）
- We went ballooning over the countryside yesterday.我们昨天乘坐热气球飞越了乡村。
- balloon over
- 乘坐热气球飞越
- They ballooned over the Grand Canyon at dawn.他们在黎明时分乘坐热气球飞越了大峡谷。
- balloon across
- 乘坐热气球横跨
- She plans to balloon across the English Channel next year.她计划明年乘坐热气球横跨英吉利海峡。
- take up ballooning
- 开始学习乘坐热气球
- He took up ballooning as a hobby after retirement.他退休后开始将乘坐热气球作为爱好。
Confusing words
- inflate
- 充气；膨胀 · inflate 指通过充气使物体膨胀，而 balloon 强调膨胀成气球状或数量激增，不一定是充气。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
热气球 balloon 乘坐时，气球‘不隆’鼓起来。
Context & Register
此义项为中性正式用语，常见于旅游、探险或休闲活动场景。
Grammar Note
及物动词：使成气球状；不及物动词：膨胀，激增
Pronunciation & Spelling
All words share the spelling chunk 'oon' and rhyme with the standard pronunciation of balloon (/bəˈluːn/), which is consistent with the given IPA /bəlun/ assuming the vowel is /uː/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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