English Dictionary

balloon

IPA（発音記号）

/bəˈluːn/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞

(intransitive) To increase or expand rapidly. / (intransitive) To go up or voyage in a balloon. / (transitive) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon. / (transitive) To inflate like a balloon.

日本語の意味

急速に増大・拡大する / 気球に乗って上昇する、または気球で移動する / （対象を）風船のように膨らませる

If demand rises unexpectedly, the waiting list could balloon.

需要が予想外に高まると、待機リストが膨らむ可能性があります。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To increase or expand rapidly.

His stomach ballooned from eating such a large meal.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To go up or voyage in a balloon.

意味（3）

(transitive) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.

意味（4）

(transitive) To inflate like a balloon.

A puff of wind from the open door caught and ballooned the scanties; off they sailed, out the window billowing into freedom.

意味（5）

(transitive, sports) To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.

After four minutes, leading goalscorer Haworth slid in but ballooned the ball over from six yards, and Hume then outran the defence to get to the by-line, but he could only hit his cross straight out.

意味（6）

(aviation) Of an aircraft: to plunge alternately up and down.

The plane ballooned into the air about 20 feet, banging down again for another good-sized hop.

balloons （ present singular third-person ）

ballooning （ participle present ）

ballooned （ participle past ）

ballooned （ past ）