balloon /bә'lu:n/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
• (n.) small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck
• (v.) ride in a hot-air balloon

Chinese translation

• n. 气球
• vt. 使成气球状
• vi. 膨胀如气球, 激增

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/bә'lu:n/

Syllables

2

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao · CET-4 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 3.9 · Super Rare

Word forms

ballooned, ballooning, balloons

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