inflect

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inflect

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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in·flect /ɪnˈflekt/ verb [intransitive] technicalSLG if a word inflects, its form changes according to its meaning or use 〔词形〕屈折变化→ See Verb table

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inflect• Not only do these verbs inflect for person, they very often incorporate the person and/or object of the sentence.• Lines and edges inflect to one another as they approach and cross.Origin inflect (1400-1500) Latin inflectere, from flectere “to bend”

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inflect
in‧flect /ɪnˈflekt/

verb

Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: inflectere, from flectere 'to bend'

[intransitive] technical if a word inflects, its form changes according to its meaning or use

in·flect

BrE

/ɪnˈflekt/

NAmE

/ɪnˈflekt/

verb

present simple - I / you / we / they

inflect

BrE

/ɪnˈflekt/

NAmE

/ɪnˈflekt/

present simple - he / she / it

inflects

BrE

/ɪnˈflekts/

NAmE

/ɪnˈflekts/

past simple

inflected

BrE

/ɪnˈflektɪd/

NAmE

/ɪnˈflektɪd/

past participle

inflected

BrE

/ɪnˈflektɪd/

NAmE

/ɪnˈflektɪd/

-ing form

inflecting

BrE

/ɪnˈflektɪŋ/

NAmE

/ɪnˈflektɪŋ/

[intransitive]

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grammar 语法

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if a word inflects, its ending or spelling changes according to its

function in a sentence; if a language inflects, it has words that do this 屈折变化；词尾变化

case, conjugate, gender, grammar, inflect, noun, part of speech, singular, subject, tense

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in·flect·ed

BrE

/ɪnˈflektɪd/

NAmE

/ɪnˈflektɪd/

adjective

[usually before noun]

◆an

inflected language/form/verb

有屈折变化的语言；屈折变化形式／动词