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deflate

/dih-fleyt/US // dɪˈfleɪt //UK // (dɪˈfleɪt) //

放气,平放,平减,平移

Related Words

depress压抑,沮丧,沮丧的,压抑的exhaust废气,排气,排气管,排风diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱disconcert令人不安,使人不安,使人不安的是,令人不安的是mortify羞辱,抹黑,辱骂,抹杀collapse崩溃,坍塌,崩塌,塌陷void空白,空虚,空缺,空无squash壁球,压扁,压扁机,压碎devalue贬值,贬低,贬损,贬低价值decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌depreciate贬值,贬低,折旧,贬值的puncture穿刺,刺穿,刺破,穿透shrink缩水,缩减,缩小,萎缩empty空,空的,空空如也,空荡荡的flatten压平,弄平,压扁,平坦化dash冲刺,冲冲冲,破折号,冲刺一下debunk驳斥,揭穿,驳倒,驳论humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的chasten惩戒,责罚,督责,鞭笞dispirit精神,魂魄,魂飞魄散,消极

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    de·flat·ed, de·flat·ing.

    • : to release the air or gas from: They deflated the tires slightly to allow the truck to drive under the overpass.
    • : to depress or reduce; puncture; dash: Her rebuff thoroughly deflated me.
    • : to reduce from an inflated condition; to affect with deflation.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    de·flat·ed, de·flat·ing.

    • : to become deflated.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbreduce or cause to contract
Forms: deflated, deflating
Synonyms
depress压抑,沮丧,沮丧的,压抑的diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱exhaust废气,排气,排气管,排风collapse崩溃,坍塌,崩塌,塌陷decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌depreciate贬值,贬低,折旧,贬值的devalue贬值,贬低,贬损,贬低价值empty空,空的,空空如也,空荡荡的flatten压平,弄平,压扁,平坦化puncture穿刺,刺穿,刺破,穿透shrink缩水,缩减,缩小,萎缩squash壁球,压扁,压扁机,压碎void空白,空虚,空缺,空无
verbhumiliate
Forms: deflated, deflating
Synonyms
disconcert令人不安,使人不安,使人不安的是,令人不安的是mortify羞辱,抹黑,辱骂,抹杀chasten惩戒,责罚,督责,鞭笞dash冲刺,冲冲冲,破折号,冲刺一下debunk驳斥,揭穿,驳倒,驳论dispirit精神,魂魄,魂飞魄散,消极humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的cut down to size削足适履,缩减规模,缩减尺寸,缩减大小kick in the teeth踢牙,狠狠地踢了一脚,狠狠地踹了一脚,踢牙膏knock down打倒,击倒,撞倒,推倒let down easy容易被辜负,轻言放弃,容易被辜负的,轻而易举地被放倒let wind out of sails放出风来,放风,放出风声,放任自流puncture balloon穿刺球囊,穿刺气球,刺破气球,刺穿气球put down撂倒,放下,撂下,撂倒了shoot down击落,击落了,击倒,击坠take down记下,拿下,记下了,取下

Examples

  • Instead, we see the responses at fairly deflated levels, and even growing more pessimistic over time, since the summer.

  • “The Overnight” attempts to deflate the myth that penis size matters.

  • Holes that cause your pad to completely deflate overnight can be tiny and nearly impossible to spot, even with the usual at-home tricks.

  • Much of Win at All Costs is dedicated to deflating this particular aspect of Salazar’s image, thanks to new testimony from ex-NOPers like Goucher and her husband Adam, as well Steve Magness, the former coach turned USADA whistleblower.

  • The airless rubber tires never deflate and can withstand heavy use, and the bike overall is lightweight but surprisingly durable.

  • How the Christmas holidays and a cash infusion from Russia combined to deflate the protest movement.

  • When the bubble pops, or in the remote chance that it deflates gradually, the wealth the Party gave the people will deflate too.

  • This can deflate your ego or spark competitive antics or both.

  • Even if Tim Cook, the new CEO, proves as able as he has been as acting CEO, the balloon will deflate.

  • For years, Rove has made it a hobby of sorts to deflate conservatives more popular with the base than he is.

  • On landing they would solemnly don their clothes, deflate the skins, and go their way.

  • It seemed most everyone was rushing to deflate the pizza bubble and end our love affair with the anchovy.

  • It may tend to deflate our ego to think that there may be intelligent beings not too different from us who are advanced beyond us.

  • German cockroaches may attack newly molted nymphs of their own kind and cause them to deflate (Gould and Deay, 1938).

  • On returning, they simply deflate their skin, and sling it over their shoulders.

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