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inflect vt. 弯曲,使屈曲,改变
vi. 发生弯曲变化 弯曲,使屈曲,改变发生弯曲变化 inflect v 1: change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language 2: vary the pitch of one's speech [synonym: {tone}, {inflect}, {modulate}] Inflect \In*flect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inflecting}.] [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in- in flectere to bend. See {Flexible}, and cf. {Inflex}.] 1. To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow. [1913 Webster] Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected, refracted, and inflected by one and the same principle ? --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. To modulate, as the voice. [1913 Webster] 41 Moby Thesaurus words for "inflect":
analyze, arch, bend, bend back, bow, bracket, conjugate, crook, curl, curve, decline, decurve, deflect, dome, embow, flex, hook, hump, hunch, hyphenate, incurvate, incurve, intonate, loop, mark, modulate, parenthesize, parse, point, punctuate, recurve, reflect, reflex, retroflex, round, sag, swag, sweep, turn, vault, wind
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