Modulate
['mɒdjʊleɪt] or ['mɑdʒəlet]
解释:
(verb.) vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves).
(verb.) adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of.
(verb.) change the key of, in music; 'modulate the melody'.
校对:南森--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain portion.
(v. t.) To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical manner; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in reading or speaking.
(v. i.) To pass from one key into another.
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同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. Attune, harmonize, tune.[2]. Inflect (as the voice), vary in tune and accentuation.
布莱尔整理
解释:
v.t. to measure to regulate: to vary the tone of voice so as to give expression: (mus.) to change the key or mode.—v.i. to pass from one key into another.—adj. Mod′ular of or pertaining to mode or modulation or to a module.—ns. Modulā′tion the act of modulating: state of being modulated: (mus.) the changing of the keynote and of the original scale by the introduction of a new sharp or flat; Mod′ulātor one who or that which modulates: a chart in the Tonic Sol-fa musical notation on which the modulations or changes from one scale to another are shown by the relative position of the notes; Mod′ule a small measure or quantity: (archit.) a measure such as the diameter of the shaft for regulating the proportions of the other parts of columns: (Shak.) a model image; Mod′ulus (math.) a constant multiplier in a function of a variable by which the function is adapted to a particular base:—pl. Moduli (mod′ū-lī).
校对:齐利格
例句:
- What though those limbs moved not, and those lips could no more frame modulated accents of wisdom and love! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The pitch of the sound depends upon the tension of the stretched membranes, and since this can be altered by muscular action, the voice can be modulated at will. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- She looked at Lily as the latter approached: her look was terrible, but her voice was modulated to a ghastly cheerfulness. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- She was at the modulating point between indifference and love, at the stage called having a fancy for. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
手打:玛丽安