inflate
معنی فارسی
باد کردن پر باد کردن زياد ستودن مغرور کردن زياد بالا بردن
معنی کامل و مثالها
/in flāt´/vi., vt.
● (از هوا یا گاز و غیره) پر کردن، باد کردن، آماهیدن، پف کردن
to inflate a balloon
بادکنک را باد کردن
● خوش روحیه کردن، سرحال آوردن، سردماغ آوردن، سربلند کردن
Satan was inflated with pride
شیطان از شدت غرور باد کرد.
● (بیش از حد معمول) افزودن، بالا بردن
to inflate one's figures
ارقام خود را بیش از واقع نشان دادن
● (پول و بها) تورم ایجاد کردن
prices have become highly inflated
قیمتها دچار تورم شدید شدهاند.
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Late Middle English from Latin inflat- ‘blown into’, from the verb inflare.
مثال
- You need to inflate the balloon before the party.
- The life jacket will automatically inflate upon hitting water.
- The government is trying to inflate the economy.
ترکیبهای رایج
inflate a balloon inflate prices inflate the economy
تعریف انگلیسی
- exaggerate or make bigger “The charges were inflated” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something” “Something ----s something”
- fill with gas or air “inflate a balloons” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something” “Something ----s something”
- cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit “The war inflated the economy” “Verb Frames:” “Something ----s something”
- increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value “inflate the currency” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something” “Something ----s somebody”
- become inflated “The sails ballooned” “Verb Frames:” “Something ----s” “Something is ----ing PP”
مترادفها
verb active
1. Swell (by blowing), distend, expand, bloat, blow up.
2. Puff up, make conceited.
3. Enlarge, increase.