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one of a number of tethered balloons with cables or net suspended from them, used to deter low-flying air attack 防空气球; 一连串气球中的一个,气球上悬挂着缆绳或罗网,用来防止低空空袭
Here he meets the young Albertine, and from then on the story charts his obsessive love for her, which reaches an unlikely climax on top of a wartime barrageballoon.