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单词 inflect
释义 in·flect
\ə̇nˈflekt\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English inflecten, from Latin inflectere, from in- in- (II) + flectere to bend, turn
transitive verb
1. : to turn from a direct line or course : bend, curve
 < in him … snobbery reappeared … as the refusal of reality unless it was highly inflected — V.S.Pritchett >
 < profound feeling for music has inflected all his major works — Irving Kolodin >
2. : to give inflection to (a word) : vary (a word) by inflection : decline
 < inflect a noun >
: conjugate
 < inflect a verb >
3. : to change or vary the pitch of (as the voice or an utterance) : modulate
4. : to bend (part of a plant) inward toward the main axis of the part or body
intransitive verb
: to become modified by inflection
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