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inflate 音標拼音: [ɪnfl'et] vt. 使膨脹,使得意,使通貨膨脹,使充氣
vi. 充氣,膨脹 使膨脹,使得意,使通貨膨脹,使充氣充氣,膨脹 inflate v 1: exaggerate or make bigger; " The charges were inflated" [ synonym: { inflate}, { blow up}, { expand}, { amplify}] 2: fill with gas or air; " inflate a balloons" [ synonym: { inflate}, { blow up}] [ ant: { deflate}] 3: cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; " The war inflated the economy" [ ant: { deflate}] 4: increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; " inflate the currency" [ ant: { deflate}] 5: become inflated; " The sails ballooned" [ synonym: { balloon}, { inflate}, { billow}] Inflate \ In* flate"\, p. a. [ L. inflatus, p. p. of inflare to inflate; pref. in- in flare to blow. See { Blow} to puff wind.] Blown in; inflated. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster]
Inflate \ In* flate"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Inflated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Inflating}.] 1. To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs. [ 1913 Webster] When passion' s tumults in the bosom rise, Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes. -- J. Scott of Amwell. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity. [ 1913 Webster] Inflate themselves with some insane delight. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency. [ 1913 Webster]
Inflate \ In* flate"\, v. i. To expand; to fill; to distend. [ 1913 Webster] 65 Moby Thesaurus words for " inflate": Barnumize, add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, balloon, bloat, blow, blow up, bombast, boost, broaden, build, build up, bulk, bulk out, crescendo, develop, dilate, distend, enlarge, exaggerate, exalt, expand, extend, fatten, fill out, hike, hike up, huff, increase, jack up, jump up, lay it on, lengthen, magnify, maximize, overdevelop, overdistend, overdraw, overexpand, overextend, overstrain, overstretch, parlay, pile it on, pontificate, puff, puff up, pump, pump up, put up, pyramid, raise, rarefy, strain, stretch, sufflate, swell, talk big, talk highfalutin, thicken, up, vapor, widen |
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