inflect
vt . 弯曲,使屈曲,改变
vi . 发生弯曲变化
弯曲,使屈曲,改变发生弯曲变化
inflect v 1 :
change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language 2 :
vary the pitch of one '
s speech [
synonym : {
tone }, {
inflect },
{
modulate }]
Inflect \
In *
flect "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Inflected };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Inflecting }.] [
L .
inflectere ,
inflexum ;
pref .
in -
in flectere to bend .
See {
Flexible },
and cf . {
Inflex }.]
1 .
To turn from a direct line or course ;
to bend ;
to incline ,
to deflect ;
to curve ;
to bow .
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Are they [
the rays of the sun ]
not reflected ,
refracted ,
and inflected by one and the same principle ? --
Sir I .
Newton .
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2 . (
Gram .)
To vary ,
as a noun or a verb in its terminations ;
to decline ,
as a noun or adjective ,
or to conjugate ,
as a verb .
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3 .
To modulate ,
as the voice .
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41 Moby Thesaurus words for "
inflect ":
analyze ,
arch ,
bend ,
bend back ,
bow ,
bracket ,
conjugate ,
crook ,
curl ,
curve ,
decline ,
decurve ,
deflect ,
dome ,
embow ,
flex ,
hook ,
hump ,
hunch ,
hyphenate ,
incurvate ,
incurve ,
intonate ,
loop ,
mark ,
modulate ,
parenthesize ,
parse ,
point ,
punctuate ,
recurve ,
reflect ,
reflex ,
retroflex ,
round ,
sag ,
swag ,
sweep ,
turn ,
vault ,
wind
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