Inflection
[ɪn'flekʃ(ə)n] or [ɪn'flɛkʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) deviation from a straight or normal course.
(noun.) a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function.
朱厄尔錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.
(n.) A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.
(n.) A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection.
(n.) The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc.
(n.) Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice.
(n.) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting.
(n.) Same as Diffraction.
手打:雷克斯
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Bending, curvature, bend, curvity, flexure, crook.[2]. (Gram.) Variation (in declension or in conjugation).[3]. (Music and Elocution.) Modulation (of the voice).
希尔达整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Bend, curvature, inflexion, flexion
ANT:Straightness, rectilinearity, directness
希拉里校對
例句/造句/用法:
- It is quite another to reproduce in one place the exact inflection, tone, and quality of a voice that is speaking hundreds of miles away, across rivers and mountains. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- She could not go on, although Rebecca, with the smallest inflection of sarcasm in her voice, besought her to continue that charming story. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- His voice sank into the tenderest inflections, his smile expressed a thoughtful, fatherly admiration, whenever he spoke to Laura or to me. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
校對:奥斯瓦德