inflection

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features. uncountable
    — In English, word order often does the work that inflection did in Latin.
  2. The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.; Any specific type of morphological variation, which applies to a given class of terms. countable
    — The second-person imperative is a verbal inflection found in many Indo-European languages.
  3. The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.; An affix representing a given variation. countable
    — English's regular inflection for number in plural nouns is the suffix -s.
  4. The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.; Any specific morphological form of a particular term, such as the principal parts for any given stem; any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation. countable
    — Recite every inflection for each of these words.
  5. A change in pitch or tone of voice. countable,uncountable
  6. A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave. countable,uncountable
  7. A turning away from a straight course. countable,uncountable
    — inflection from the rules
  8. Diffraction. countable,uncountable

词形变化

inflections plural inflexion alternative,dated

词汇关系

近义词
flection flexion
下位词
comparison conjugation declension declination desinential inflection
衍生词
inflectional inflectionless inflection point overinflection transflection
相关词
inflect inflected

词源

From older inflexion, borrowed from Middle French inflexion, itself borrowed from Latin inflexiōnem (“alteration”, literally “bending”). The English spelling with ⟨ct⟩ is due to influence from inflect or related words like correction.
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