inflate
vt.& vi. 使充气(于轮胎、气球等); (使)膨胀; (使)通货膨胀; 物价上涨
If you inflate something such as a balloon or tyre, or if it inflates, it becomes bigger as it is filled with air or a gas.
Stuart jumped into the sea and inflated the liferaft...
斯图尔特跳到海里给救生艇充气。
Don's lifejacket had failed to inflate.
唐的救生衣未能充气膨胀。
If you say that someone inflates the price of something, or that the price inflates, you mean that the price increases.
The promotion of a big release can inflate a film's final cost...
大规模发行所需的广告宣传会增加一部电影的最终成本。
Clothing prices have not inflated as much as automobiles.
服装价格的涨幅不及汽车那么高。
If someone inflates the amount or effect of something, they say it is bigger, better, or more important than it really is, usually so that they can profit from it.
They inflated clients' medical treatment to defraud insurance companies...
他们夸大客户伤势的严重性和治疗情形以欺骗保险公司。
Even his war record was fraudulently inflated.
甚至他的参战履历也是夸大其词,充满谎言。
1. fill with gas or air;
2. exaggerate or make bigger;
3. cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit;
4. increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value;
5. become inflated;
Down power to inflate and fill up with air.
蓬松度是指羽绒蓄含空气和膨胀的能力.
Opening the door in an emergency will automatically inflate the evacuation slides.
打开紧急出口的门会自动充气逃离滑梯.
The pictures hereinafter are the contrast before and after inflate.
该产品图片是产品膨胀前后对比.
Being both lighter than air and nonflammable, helium is used to inflate balloons and airships.
由于既比空气轻又不可燃, 氦用作充气球和飞艇.
Air bags were designed to inflate rapidly in an accident.
设计气囊是为了在事故中快速地充气.