Soon afterwards, the balloon began to descend and it landed near an airfield.
不久，气球开始降落，在一个停机坪附近着了陆。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 91 Three men in a basket
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 气球;热气球;[建]球饰;
vt. 膨胀，涨大;乘热气球飞行;使激增;
adj. 气球状的;（货物等）分量轻而体积大的;（分期付款）最后一笔大数目的;
vi. 乘气球飞行;膨胀;激增;
💡 ball球+oon表名词 → 气球
"That balloon will burst if you blow it up any more."
你再给气球充气，它就要爆了。
近义：inflame, swell, tumefy, belly, billow, bloat
反义：deflate
v. 下来，下降 ;下斜;降临;突然造访;
💡 de向下+scend爬，攀→下降；传下
"The plane began to descend."
飞机开始降落。
近义：slacken, slide, slump, subside, decay, decline
反义：arise, ascend, rise, soar, climb, elevate
adv. 立刻，马上;一会儿，不久;快;宁愿;
💡 速(谐音): 迅速
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整栋大楼很快就熊熊燃烧起来。
近义：hereupon, apace, immediately, promptly, pronto, quickly
反义：langsyne, lately, whilom, yesterday, yesteryear, yore
afterwards
['ɑ:ftəwədz]
adv. 然后，后来地;以后;之后;继;
"Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said."
后来她后悔说了那些话。
近义：hereafter, hereinafter, later, next, posthumously, presently
反义：nowadays, presently, today, currently
landed
[['lændid]]
a. 拥有土地的, 有田地的\\n[法] 不动产的, 拥有土地的, 地皮的
近义：landowning, praedial, predial, propertied
反义：indigent, poor, destitute, dispossessed