inflection
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 屈曲，变调，音调变化
演变路径（由近及远）
原始词根
原始印欧语 *h₃enh₂-
词源说明
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.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (grammar, uncountable) The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby words take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
- A change in pitch