資料來源 : pyDict
彎曲,使屈曲,改變發生彎曲變化
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Inflect \In*flect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflected}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Inflecting}.] [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in.- in
+ flectere to bend. See {Flexibl}, and cf. {Inflex}.]
1. To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline,
to deflect; to curve; to bow.
Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected,
refracted, and inflected by one and the same
principle ? --Sir I.
Newton.
2. (Gram.) To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations;
to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a
verb.
3. To modulate, as the voice.
資料來源 : WordNet®
inflect
v 1: change the form of a word in accordance as required by the
grammatical rules of the language
2: of one's speech, varying the pitch [syn: {tone}, {modulate}]