inflating是什么意思？

inflating

英[ɪn'fleɪtɪŋ] 美[ɪn'fleɪtɪŋ]

• v. 使充气（于轮胎、气球等）( inflate的现在分词 )，（使）膨胀，（使）通货膨胀，物价上涨；

例句

• One end of the windpipe is connected with a unidirectional inflating valve. 气管的一端与单向充气阀连接.
• The utility model provides a physiotherapeutic type inflating saddle of bicycle. 本实用新型提供了一种理疗充气鞍座.
• I felt myself inflating slowly with rage, like a tyre. 我感到自己体内的怒气正慢慢膨胀, 像一只轮胎那样.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• V-ERG
  (使)充气;(使)膨胀;(使)胀大
  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.
  例句
  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。
• V-ERG
  抬高(物价);(使)(物价)涨高
  If you say that someone inflates the price of something, or that the price inflates, you mean that the price increases.
  例句
  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。
• VERB
  夸张;夸大;吹嘘
  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.
  例句
  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。