inflation /in'fleiʃәn/
Meaning
English definition
- (n.) a general and progressive increase in prices
- (n.) (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
- (n.) the act of filling something with air
Chinese translation
- n. 胀大, 夸张, 通货膨胀
- [化] 充气吹胀; 膨胀
Word details
- Part of speech
- noun
- Pronunciation
- /in'fleiʃәn/
- Syllables
- 3
- Exam levels
- CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS
- Frequency
- Zipf 4.14 · Super Rare
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