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单词 modulate
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
mod•u•late /ˈmɑdʒəˌleɪt/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object], -lat•ed, -lat•ing. 
  1. to regulate by a certain measure or amount
  2. to alter (the voice) according to the situation, one's listener, etc.:modulated his voice instantly when he realized that his boss was listening.
mod•u•la•tion /ˌmɑdʒəˈleɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]
mod•u•la•tor, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
mod•u•late  (mojə lāt′),USA pronunciation v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. 
v.t. 
  1. to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften;
    tone down.
  2. to alter or adapt (the voice) according to the circumstances, one's listener, etc.
  3. Music and Dance
    • to attune to a certain pitch or key.
    • to vary the volume of (tone).
  4. Telecommunicationsto cause the amplitude, frequency, phase, or intensity of (a carrier wave) to vary in accordance with a sound wave or other signal, the frequency of the signal wave usually being very much lower than that of the carrier.

v.i. 
  1. Telecommunications
    • to modulate a carrier wave.
    • Show Business[CB Slang.]to talk;
      visit:Enjoyed modulating with you.
  2. Music and Danceto pass from one key to another:to modulate abruptly from A to B flat.
  • Latin modulātus (past participle of modulārī to regulate (sounds), set to music, play an instrument). See module, -ate1
  • 1550–60
mod•u•la•bil•i•ty  (moj′ə lə bili tē),USA pronunciation n.  modu•la′tive, mod•u•la•to•ry  (mojə lə tôr′ē, -tōr′ē),USA pronunciation adj. 
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged temper, control.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
modulate /ˈmɒdjʊˌleɪt/ vb
  1. (transitive) to change the tone, pitch, or volume of
  2. (transitive) to adjust or regulate the degree of
  3. to subject to or undergo modulation in music
  4. (often followed by to) to make or become in tune (with a pitch, key, etc)
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin modulātus in due measure, melodious, from modulārī to regulate, from modus measure

ˈmoduˌlator n
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