English Dictionary

inflect

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪnˈflɛkt/

動詞

他動詞 語レベル

(transitive) To cause to curve inwards. / (transitive, music) To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.

日本語の意味

内側に曲げる、内側へ曲げること / （音楽において）話すまたは歌う際に、声のトーンやピッチを変えること

The sculptor chose to inflect the metal sheet, giving the piece a soft inward curve.

彫刻家は金属板を内側に曲げることを選び、その作品に柔らかな凹状の形を与えた。

意味（1）

(transitive) To cause to curve inwards.

意味（2）

(transitive, music) To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.

The actress has a great skill of being able to inflect her voice to any situation.

意味（3）

(transitive, grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.

意味（4）

(transitive, grammar, of a word) To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.

In Latin, adjectives and nouns inflect a lot, but inflection is minimally found in Modern English.

意味（5）

(transitive) To influence in style.

No other poet has inflected me in style as much as Milton.

inflects （ present singular third-person ）

inflecting （ participle present ）

inflected （ participle past ）

inflected （ past ）