deflate
英 [d?'fle?t]
美[d?'flet]
- vt. 放氣；使縮小；緊縮通貨；打擊；使泄氣
- vi. 縮小；物價下降
英英釋意
- 1. collapse by releasing contained air or gas;
- "deflate a balloon"
- 2. release contained air or gas from;
- "deflate the air mattress"
- 3. reduce or lessen the size or importance of;
- "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"
- 4. produce deflation in;
- "The new measures deflated the economy"
- 5. reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices;
- "deflate the currency"
- 6. become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air;
- "The balloons deflated"