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单词 modulate
释义 modulate
 —modulability /moj'euh leuh bil"i tee/,  n.   —modulative, modulatory /moj"euh leuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/,  adj.  
 /moj"euh layt'/,  v.  , modulated, modulating.
  v.t.  
  1. to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
  2. to alter or adapt (the voice) according to the circumstances, one's listener, etc.
  3.  Music.  
   a. to attune to a certain pitch or key.
   b. to vary the volume of (tone).
  4.  Telecommunications.   to cause the amplitude, frequency, phase, or intensity of (a carrier wave) to vary in accordance with a sound wave or other signal, the frequency of the signal wave usually being very much lower than that of the carrier.
  v.i.  
  5.  Telecommunications.  
   a. to modulate a carrier wave.
   b.  CB Slang.   to talk; visit: Enjoyed modulating with you.
  6.  Music.   to pass from one key to another: to modulate abruptly from A to B flat.
 [1550-60; < L modulatus (ptp. of modulari to regulate (sounds), set to music, play an instrument). See MODULE, -ATE1]
 Syn. 2. temper, control.
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