Soon afterwards, the balloon began to descend and it landed near an airfield.
不久，氣球開始降落，在一個停機坪附近著了陸。
新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 91 Three men in a basket
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 氣球;熱氣球;[建]球飾;
vt. 膨脹，漲大;乘熱氣球飛行;使激增;
adj. 氣球狀的;（貨物等）分量輕而體積大的;（分期付款）最后一筆大數目的;
vi. 乘氣球飛行;膨脹;激增;
?? ball球+oon表名詞 → 氣球
"That balloon will burst if you blow it up any more."
你再給氣球充氣，它就要爆了。
近義：inflame, swell, tumefy, belly, billow, bloat
反義：deflate
v. 下來，下降 ;下斜;降臨;突然造訪;
?? de向下+scend爬，攀→下降；傳下
"The plane began to descend."
飛機開始降落。
近義：slacken, slide, slump, subside, decay, decline
反義：arise, ascend, rise, soar, climb, elevate
adv. 立刻，馬上;一會兒，不久;快;寧愿;
?? 速(諧音): 迅速
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整棟大樓很快就熊熊燃燒起來。
近義：hereupon, apace, immediately, promptly, pronto, quickly
反義：langsyne, lately, whilom, yesterday, yesteryear, yore
afterwards
['ɑ:ft?w?dz]
adv. 然后，后來地;以后;之后;繼;
"Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said."
后來她后悔說了那些話。
近義：hereafter, hereinafter, later, next, posthumously, presently
反義：nowadays, presently, today, currently
landed
[['l?ndid]]
a. 擁有土地的, 有田地的\\n[法] 不動產的, 擁有土地的, 地皮的
近義：landowning, praedial, predial, propertied
反義：indigent, poor, destitute, dispossessed