balloon
US /bəˈlun/
・UK /bəˈlu:n/
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n. (c.)Countable NounThin bag of rubber filled with air, used as a toy
I gave the child a balloon at her party
v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To grow larger quickly; spring up suddenly
That fish is unusual in that it may balloon and expand when frightened
v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To travel in a large balloon
They were going to balloon into the air
n. (c.)Countable NounLarge air-filled bag to carry people into the air
They went by balloon over the mountains
v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To increase rapidly and substantially.
The company's profits ballooned after the new product launch.
v.t.Transitive VerbTo cause to swell out in a round shape.
The wind ballooned the sails.
n.NounShaped like a balloon; full and rounded.
She wore a balloon skirt to the party.
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Let's Learn English at the Market! ???
- Here you see a clown who's making some super cool balloon animals.
Here you see a clown who's making some super cool balloon animals.
- Here you see a clown who's making some super cool balloon animals.
Here you see a clown who's making some super cool balloon animals.
Fourth U.S. Military shoot down of an unidentified object in a week
- Are these all spy balloons similar to the Chinese balloon shot down off South Carolina last weekend?
Are these all spy balloons similar to the Chinese balloon shot down off South Carolina last weekend?
- So, we only know about the first one, that that was a high-altitude Chinese surveillance balloon.
So, we only know about the first one, that that was a high-altitude Chinese surveillance balloon.
2023, in 7 minutes
- The US linked to the balloon to a vast Chinese military surveillance program.
The US linked to the balloon to a vast Chinese military surveillance program.
Why your voice is like a fingerprint
- And you can maybe imagine like a water balloon,
And you can maybe imagine like a water balloon,
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Young ELI Readers L2 video
- He wants to take her home in a balloon but...
He wants to take her home in a balloon but...
- He wants to take her home in a balloon but— Hurry up, Dorothy!
He wants to take her home in a balloon but— Hurry up, Dorothy!
YOU are the CENTER of the universe?
- Say you had a half blown up balloon, and that the surface represents the universe.
Say you had a half blown up balloon, and that the surface represents the universe.
- Ignore the space inside the balloon, for this simplified example, we are just going to relate it to the two dimensional surface.
Ignore the space inside the balloon, for this simplified example, we are just going to relate it to the two dimensional surface.
Whitlock's Hot Air Balloons with Steve Buscemi
- Then why not try Whitlock's Hot Air Balloon?
Then why not try Whitlock's Hot Air Balloon?
- Then why not try Whitlock's Hot Air Balloon?
Then why not try Whitlock's Hot Air Balloon?
South Korea's balloon crackdown hits anti-North Korea activists | REUTERS
- But now, he spends his days writing online posts criticizing the South Korean government instead of planning balloon launches.
But now, he spends his days writing online posts criticizing the South Korean government instead of planning balloon launches.
- But now, he spends his days writing online posts criticizing the South Korean government, instead of planning balloon launches.
But now, he spends his days writing online posts criticizing the South Korean government, instead of planning balloon launches.
Why You Shouldn't Pop Your Pimples
- The oil builds up around the glands like an expanding water balloon.
The oil builds up around the glands like an expanding water balloon.
- With nowhere to go, the oil builds up around the glands like an expanding water balloon.
With nowhere to go, the oil builds up around the glands like an expanding water balloon.
如何戰勝劣勢 ► 絕地翻生？ - Jonathan Mooney 中英字幕
- You should consider something less intellectual." So I was deflated like a balloon, back to the kid in the hallway, went outside, walked back across campus to Father Young and said, "Don't worry about that piece of paper ass you decide.
You should consider something less intellectual." So I was deflated like a balloon, back to the kid in the hallway, went outside, walked back across campus to Father Young and said, "Don't worry about that piece of paper ass you decide.
- So I was deflated like a balloon.
So I was deflated like a balloon.