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Using your own breath or an air pump, you can inflate a balloon — or anything else you need to pump air into. When you inflate something you fill it with air (or any other gas) to make it expand.
From the Latin verb inflāre, “to blow into,” the word inflate appeared in English in the early 16th century. Although we usually think of the word inflate as referring to blowing air or gas into a balloon or a tire, anything that grows larger, from food prices to an egoist's self-image, can be inflated. When an item becomes scarce, its price is likely to be inflated.
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单词用法
词根词缀
词根: flat
1. =blow,表示”吹”; 2. =to spread,smooth,表示”使平滑,平整,扫平”
adj.
flat 平坦的, 扁平的flat使平滑→adj.平坦的, 扁平的 v.[使]变平
n.
conflation 熔合,合成conflate[v.合并]+ion表名词→n.熔合,合成
deflation 放气, 缩小, 通货紧缩, 物价低廉deflate放气;缩小+ion表名词→n.放气, 缩小, 通货紧缩, 物价低廉
inflation 通货膨胀;胀大,夸张inflate膨胀+ion表名词→n.通货膨胀;胀大,夸张
v.
conflate 合并con一起+flat吹→吹到一起→合并
deflate 使[轮胎]瘪下去;放气, 缩小;降低重要性;紧缩通货de去掉+flat吹+e→出气,放气
flat [使]变平flat使平滑→adj.平坦的, 扁平的 v.[使]变平
flatten 把……弄平;击倒flat扫平+en表动词→flatten击倒
flatter 阿谀,奉承;使满意flat使平滑+er反复做→不断使平滑,使别人高兴
inflate 使通货膨胀,使物价上涨in进+flat吹+e→吹气进去
同义词
同根词
词根：inflate
adj.inflated通货膨胀的；充了气的；价格飞涨的；（植物）肿胀的
inflatable膨胀的，可充气的；得意的
inflationary通货膨胀的；通货膨胀倾向的；通货膨胀引起的
n.inflation膨胀；通货膨胀；夸张；自命不凡
inflater增压泵；充气者
inflator充气者；打气筒；增压泵
v.inflated膨胀（inflate的过去式和过去分词）；使充气；抬高（物价）