气球：balloon有几种用法

My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst, and then I remember to relax and stop trying ro hold on to it.

——American Beauty

有时候一直看完会无法承受，我的心像涨满的气球随时会爆，后来我记得要放轻松，别一直想要紧抓着不放。

——《美国丽人》

一、下面我们来看看balloon有几种含义

adj.

气球状的，像气球般鼓起的，分量轻而体积大的 

n.

气球；热气球；球饰 a small bag made of very thin rubber that becomes larger and rounder when you fill it with air or gas. Balloons are brightly coloured and used as decorations or toys.

The girl was startled when the balloon exploded.

这女孩在气球爆炸时吃了一惊。

v.

1.膨胀，涨大 [I,T] to suddenly swell out or get bigger

Her skirt ballooned in the wind.

她的裙子让风吹得鼓起来了。

2.激增，猛涨 [I,T] to increase rapidly

In London, the use of the Tube has ballooned.

在伦敦，坐地铁的人激增。

3.乘热气球飞行 [I,T] to ascend or travel in or as if in a balloon

Let's go ballooning around the world!

我们去乘气球环球飞行吧！

二、含有balloon的常见短语

pilot balloon

n. 测风气球

sausage balloon

圆柱形气球

hot-air balloon

n. 热气球

balloon sail

游艇帆

barrage balloon

n. [军]阻塞气球

三、最后，做个小测试巩固一下

The ______ burst with a bang.
气球啪的一声爆炸了。