| 单词 | deflate |
| 释义 | deflate (dɪfleɪt ) Word forms: deflates , deflating , deflated 1. verb If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important. Britain's other hopes of medals were deflated earlier in the day. [VERB noun] deflated adjective When she refused I felt deflated. 2. verb When something such as a tyre or balloon deflates, or when you deflate it, all the air comes out of it. When it returns to shore, the life-jacket will deflate and revert to a harness. [VERB] ...a deflated dinghy. [VERB-ed] We deflate the tyres to make it easier to cross the desert. [VERB noun] Translations: Chinese: 使泄气 Japanese: へこませる |
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