Tra từ balloon - Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

I.bal‧loon¹ /bəˈluːn/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: ballon 'large football, balloon', from Italian ballone 'large football', from balla 'ball']

1. an object made of brightly coloured thin rubber, that is filled with air and used as a toy or decoration for parties:
Can you help me blow up these balloons?
He burst the balloon in my face.
2. (also hot air balloon) a large bag of strong light cloth filled with gas or heated air so that it can float in the air. It has a basket hanging below it for people to stand in:
a balloon flight over the Yorkshire Moors
3. the circle drawn around the words spoken by the characters in a ↑cartoon SYN bubble
4. a balloon payment American English money borrowed that must be paid back in one large sum after several smaller payments have been made:
a $10,000 balloon payment due in two years
5. the balloon goes up British English informal used to refer to the moment when a situation starts to become really bad:
We’ll have to get out of there before the balloon goes up.
⇨ go down like a lead balloon at ↑lead³(3)
II.balloon² BrE AmE (also balloon out) verb [intransitive]
1. to suddenly become larger in amount SYN explode:
The company’s debt has ballooned in the past year.
2. if someone balloons, they suddenly become fat:
Paul ballooned after he got married.
3. to get bigger and rounder:
The sheet flapped and ballooned in the wind.

b\\balloonhu

balloon
A balloon is a thin rubber sack that is filled with air or other gases.

◎	[bə'lu:n]
※	danh từ
	■	khí cầu, quả bóng
		☆	captive (barrage) balloon
			khí cầu có dây buộc xuống đất
		☆	observation balloon
			khí cầu quan trắc
		☆	pilot balloon
			khí cầu xem chiều gió
		☆	meteorological balloon
			bóng khí tượng
	■	(hoá học) bình cầu
	■	(kiến trúc) quả cầu (trên đầu cột) ô ghi lời (ở một bức tranh khôi hài)
※	nội động từ
	■	lên bằng khí cầu
	■	phồng ra, phình ra, căng lên (như) quả bóng
	■	(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) tăng giá, lên giá