inflate
英[?n'fle?t]
美[?n'flet]
- vt. 使充氣；使通貨膨脹
- vi. 膨脹；充氣
英英釋意
- 1. fill with gas or air;
- "inflate a balloons"
- 2. exaggerate or make bigger;
- "The charges were inflated"
- 3. cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit;
- "The war inflated the economy"
- 4. increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value;
- "inflate the currency"
- 5. become inflated;
- "The sails ballooned"