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inflated 音標拼音: [ɪnfl'etəd] [ɪnfl'etɪd] a. 膨脹的,充了氣的,夸張的,通貨膨脹的 膨脹的,充了氣的,誇張的,通貨膨脹的 inflated adj 1: enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; " a hyperbolic style" [ synonym: { hyperbolic}, { inflated}] 2: pretentious ( especially with regard to language or ideals); " high- flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"; " a high- sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution" [ synonym: { high- flown}, { high- sounding}, { inflated}] 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]
Inflated \ In* flat" ed\, a. 1. Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style. [ 1913 Webster] Inflated and astrut with self- conceit. -- Cowper. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Bot.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp. -- Martyn. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Distended or enlarged fictitiously or without due cause; as, inflated prices; inflated expectations, etc. [ 1913 Webster]
expanded \ expanded\ adj. increased in extent or size or bulk or scope. Opposite of { contracted}. [ Narrower terms: { blown- up, enlarged}; { dilated}; { distended, swollen}; { inflated}] [ WordNet 1. 5] 2. ( Printnig) wider than usual for a particular height; -- of printers' type. Contrasted with { condensed}. Syn: extended. [ WordNet 1. 5] 118 Moby Thesaurus words for " inflated": accelerated, aggrandized, amplified, augmented, aureate, ballyhooed, beefed- up, big, bloated, blown up, bombastic, boosted, broadened, cocky, conceited, deepened, diffuse, dilated, disproportionate, distended, dropsical, edematous, egotistic, elevated, enchymatous, enhanced, enlarged, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, expanded, extended, extravagant, extreme, fat, flatulent, flowery, formal, fustian, gassy, grandiloquent, grandiose, heightened, high- flown, high- swelling, highfalutin, highfaluting, hiked, hyperbolic, immodest, incrassate, increased, inordinate, intensified, jazzed up, magnified, magniloquent, mouthy, multiplied, orotund, ostentatious, overblown, overdone, overdrawn, overemphasized, overemphatic, overestimated, overgreat, overlarge, overpraised, oversold, overstated, overstressed, overwrought, plethoric, pompous, pontifical, pretentious, prodigal, profuse, proliferated, prolix, puffed, puffed up, puffy, pursy, raised, ranting, reinforced, rhapsodical, rhetorical, self- important, showy, smug, solemn, spread, stiffened, stilted, strengthened, stretched, stuffy, superlative, swelled, swelled- headed, swollen, tall, tightened, touted, tumescent, tumid, turgescent, turgid, vain, ventose, verbose, widened, windy, wordy
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