verb🔗Share放气，泄气 To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre"The child deflated the balloon, letting the air out slowly. "孩子把气球放气了，让里面的空气慢慢地跑了出来。physicsenergyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share放气，缩小。 To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink"The hot air balloon deflated quickly after landing. "热气球着陆后迅速放气，体积也很快缩小了。physicsactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share通货紧缩，降低通货，减少信贷。 To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices."The central bank might deflate the economy by raising interest rates, hoping to control inflation and lower the cost of goods. "央行可能会通过提高利率来紧缩经济，希望以此控制通货膨胀并降低商品价格。economyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share泄气，漏气 To become deflated."My enthusiasm for the project deflated after I realized how much work it would be. "当我意识到这个项目的工作量有多大之后，我对它的热情就泄气了。physicsactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share使灰心，使气馁 To let down or disappoint."The disappointing news of the canceled field trip deflated the students. "听到郊游取消的令人失望的消息，学生们都感到很灰心。emotionattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share压缩, 解压缩 To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm."The computer program can deflate the large image file so it takes up less space on the hard drive. "这个电脑程序可以压缩大型图片文件，从而减少它在硬盘上占用的空间。technologycomputingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
