inflect

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

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

英語の意味

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

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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。

詳細

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.

詳細

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.

詳細

意味（5）

(transitive) To influence in style.

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

詳細

inflects （ present singular third-person ）

inflecting （ participle present ）

inflected （ participle past ）

inflected （ past ）