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inflection 音标拼音: [ɪnfl'ɛkʃən] n. 屈曲,变调,音调变化 屈曲,变调,音调变化 inflection n 1: a change in the form of a word ( usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function [ synonym: { inflection}, { inflexion}] 2: the patterns of stress and intonation in a language [ synonym: { prosody}, { inflection}] 3: deviation from a straight or normal course [ synonym: { inflection}, { flection}, { flexion}] 4: a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified [ synonym: { modulation}, { inflection}] Inflection \ In* flec" tion\, n. [ L. inflexio : cf. F. inflexion. See { Inflect}.] [ Written also { inflecxion}.] 1. The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Gram.) The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Mus.) ( a) Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice. ( b) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting. [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Opt.) Same as { Diffraction}. [ 1913 Webster] { Point of inflection} ( Geom.), the point on opposite sides of which a curve bends in contrary ways. [ 1913 Webster] 96 Moby Thesaurus words for " inflection": IC analysis, L, S- curve, accent, accidence, affix, affixation, allomorph, angle, apex, articulation, bend, bending, bifurcation, bight, bound morpheme, bow, bowing, cant, chevron, coin, conflexure, conjugation, corner, crank, crook, crotchet, cutting, declension, deflection, derivation, difference of form, dogleg, elbow, ell, enclitic, enunciation, flection, flex, flexure, fork, formative, free form, furcation, geanticline, geosyncline, hairpin turn, hook, immediate constituent analysis, infix, infixation, intonation, intonation pattern, knee, meander, modulation, morph, morpheme, morphemic analysis, morphemics, morphology, morphophonemics, nook, oxbow, paradigm, pitch, pitch accent, point, prefix, prefixation, proclitic, pronunciation, quoin, radical, reflection, root, speech tune, stem, suffix, suffixation, suprasegmental, sweep, swerve, theme, timbre, tonality, tone, tone of voice, turn, turning, veer, vertex, word- formation, zag, zig, zigzag
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