| 释义 |
〔inflection〕An alternation of the form of a word by adding affixes, as in Englishdogs from dog, or by changing the form of a base, as in English spoke from speak, that indicates grammatical features such as number, person, mood, or tense. 字尾变化：通过加词缀来改变一个词的形式，比如在英语中，dogs 一词以 dog 一词转换而来；也表示通过改变词本身，如英语中的 spoke 是从 speak 一词变来的；这些词缀增减和词本身的变化表示了数、人称、语态或时态等语法特征 |