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inflection

noun
🔊/ɪnˈflekʃn/
🔊/ɪnˈflekʃn/
(also inflexion especially in British English)
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. a change in the form of a word, especially the ending, according to its grammatical function in a sentence（尤指词尾的）屈折变化Topics Languagec2
  2. a change in how high or low your voice is as you are speaking语调的抑扬变化
    • She spoke slowly and without inflection.她说得很慢, 声调没有抑扬变化
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘the action of bending inwards’): from Latin inflexio(n-), from the verb inflectere ‘bend in, curve’, from in- ‘into’ + flectere ‘to bend’.