氣球：balloon有幾種用法
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.
有時候一直看完會無法承受，我的心像漲滿的氣球隨時會爆，後來我記得要放輕鬆，別一直想要緊抓着不放。
——《美國麗人》
一、下面我們來看看balloon有幾種含義
adj.
氣球狀的，像氣球般鼓起的，分量輕而體積大的
n.
氣球；熱氣球；球飾 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.
這女孩在氣球爆炸時吃了一驚。
v.
1.膨脹，漲大 [I,T] to suddenly swell out or get bigger
Her skirt ballooned in the wind.
她的裙子讓風吹得鼓起來了。
2.激增，猛漲 [I,T] to increase rapidly
In London, the use of the Tube has ballooned.
在倫敦，坐地鐵的人激增。
3.乘熱氣球飛行 [I,T] to ascend or travel in or as if in a balloon
Let's go ballooning around the world!
我們去乘氣球環球飛行吧！
二、含有balloon的常見短語
pilot balloon
n. 測風氣球
sausage balloon
圓柱形氣球
hot-air balloon
n. 熱氣球
balloon sail
遊艇帆
barrage balloon
n. [軍]阻塞氣球
三、最後，做個小測試鞏固一下
The ______ burst with a bang.
氣球啪的一聲爆炸了。
