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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。
激增；急剧增长；迅速膨胀
balloons — third person singular of balloon
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
激增；急剧增长；迅速膨胀
To increase or expand very quickly.
The population ballooned to over 10 million.
人口激增至超过1000万。
迅速增加或扩展
To increase or expand rapidly.
乘坐或航行于气球中
To go up or voyage in a balloon.
像在气球中一样升起
To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
乘坐热气球
ride in a hot-air balloon
balloon
Base
原形
balloons
3rd person
第三人称单数
ballooning
-ing
现在分词
ballooned
Past
过去式
ballooned
Past participle
过去分词
The cost balloons every year.
成本每年膨胀。
The deficit ballooned last quarter.
赤字在上个季度激增。
The population is ballooning rapidly.
人口正在迅速膨胀。
规则变化动词，表示膨胀或激增。
The company's debt ballooned after the merger.
公司的债务在合并后激增。
AI contextual example
The wind ballooned the sails and the boat moved faster.
风吹鼓了船帆，船行得更快了。
AI contextual example
The patient's abdomen was ballooning due to the infection.
由于感染，病人的腹部肿胀起来。
AI contextual example
He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China
他试图环绕地球飞行,但暴风雨迫使他在中国着陆。
WordNet
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。
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。
使某物膨胀如气球
The wind ballooned the tent.
风把帐篷吹得鼓起来。
Not this
The company ballooned its profits.
Use this
The company's profits ballooned.
动词balloon通常用作不及物动词，主语是膨胀的事物本身；中文“使膨胀”的及物用法在此不适用，应改为以profits为主语。
Not this
The number of students ballooned up.
Use this
The number of students ballooned.
balloon已隐含增加的含义，添加up属于冗余，应删去。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
发长 /uː/ 音 (如 food, boot)
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热气球 balloon 乘坐时，气球‘不隆’鼓起来。
此义项为中性正式用语，常见于旅游、探险或休闲活动场景。
及物动词：使成气球状；不及物动词：膨胀，激增
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