Inflate

(verb.) fill with gas or air; 'inflate a balloons'.

(verb.) exaggerate or make bigger; 'The charges were inflated'.

(verb.) increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; 'inflate the currency'.

(verb.) cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; 'The war inflated the economy'.

弗洛整理

• Down through these, from the third floor, come the wheels, with the tires mounted and inflated to the proper pressure. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
• When bicycle tires are being inflated, the pump becomes hot because of the compression of the air. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
• Vastly over-advertised, we have mistaken an inflated fragment for the real political life of the country. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
• Meanwhile, the dough itself is influenced by the heat and is stiffened to such an extent that it retains its inflated shape and spongy nature. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
• Taking advantage of the inflated market, many of our shrewdest operators are selling short. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
• They were naturally inflated by their sweeping unqualified successes in war, and by their rapid progress from comparative poverty to wealth. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
• Inflated skins may have preceded the coracle, and are still used on the Euphrates and upper Ganges. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
• When he wishes to ascend he simply inflates his dress from the reservoir. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
• And he inflates his broad chest to its utmost extent as if to assure himself that he is not smothered yet. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.

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