English Dictionary

deflate

IPA（発音記号）

/diːˈfleɪt/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 俗語

(transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre / (transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink

日本語の意味

風船やタイヤなどの弾性のある容器から空気やガスを抜くこと / 物体や対象の大きさや規模を縮小させる作用を及ぼすこと

He used a needle to deflate the balloon before throwing it away.

彼は捨てる前に針で風船の空気を抜いた。

意味（1）

(transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre

意味（2）

(transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink

意味（3）

(transitive, economics) To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To become deflated.

意味（5）

(transitive) To let down or disappoint.

deflate someone's ego

意味（6）

(transitive, computing) To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.

Never had a problem, guess I've never had to deflate multiple files!

意味（7）

(slang) To belch or flatulate

deflates （ present singular third-person ）

deflating （ participle present ）

deflated （ participle past ）

deflated （ past ）