modulate

动词 v.
/ˈmɒd͡ʒɪleɪt/|/ˈmɒd͡ʒəˌleɪt/    /ˈmɑ.d͡ʒəˌleɪt/|/ˈmɑ.djuˌleɪt/|/ˈmɔd͡ʒəˌlæɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To regulate, adjust or adapt.; To change the pitch, intensity or tone of one's voice or of a musical instrument. transitive
    — "Can you tell?" she asked, in a trembling but well modulated and sensual voice.
  2. To regulate, adjust or adapt.; To vary the amplitude, frequency or phase of a carrier wave in proportion to the amplitude etc of a source wave (such as speech or music). transitive
  3. To regulate, adjust or adapt.; To move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression. intransitive,transitive

词形变化

modulates present,singular,third-person modulating participle,present modulated participle,past modulated past

词源

From Latin modulor (“to measure, regulate, modulate”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from modulus (“measure”). Compare module, modulus. By surface analysis, modul(e) + -ate.
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