deflate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /diːˈfleɪt/|/dɪˈfleɪt/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre. transitive
  2. To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink transitive
  3. To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices. transitive
  4. To become deflated. intransitive
  5. To let (someone) down, disappoint them, or put them in their place. transitive
    — deflate someone's ego
  6. To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm. transitive
    — Never had a problem, guess I've never had to deflate multiple files!
  7. To belch or flatulate slang

词形变化

deflates present,singular,third-person deflating participle,present deflated participle,past deflated past

词汇关系

反义词
inflate
衍生词
deflatable Deflategate deflater deflatingly deflation deflator

词源

From de- + (in)flate. Coined in 1891, in reference to balloons. Equivalent to Latin dē- (“away, from”) + Latin flō (“blow”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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