ballooning

A love of junk food, television and computer games has sent the country's waistline ballooning, with Australians weighing in as the world's second fattest nation after the United States..对垃圾食品、电视和电脑游戏的爱好使这个国家的腰围像气球一般鼓胀起来，澳洲人已经成了仅次于美国人的世界第二肥胖民族。

air balloon,气球

hot-air balloon,n. 热气球

weather balloon,气象气球；探空气球

balloon angioplasty,[外科学]气囊血管成形术；球囊成形术（等于percutaneous transluminal angioplasty）

balloon pump,球囊泵；气囊泵

balloon borne,球载反射器

balloon flower,桔梗花

like a lead balloon,毫无效果，毫无作用(意指如铅气球无法飞升)

balloon catheter,气囊导管，气泡式导管