Modulate

(verb.) vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves).

(verb.) adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of.

(verb.) change the key of, in music; 'modulate the melody'.

校對:南森

• What though those limbs moved not, and those lips could no more frame modulated accents of wisdom and love! 瑪麗·雪萊. 最后一個人.
• The pitch of the sound depends upon the tension of the stretched membranes, and since this can be altered by muscular action, the voice can be modulated at will. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
• She looked at Lily as the latter approached: her look was terrible, but her voice was modulated to a ghastly cheerfulness. 伊迪絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
• She was at the modulating point between indifference and love, at the stage called having a fancy for. 托馬斯·哈代. 還鄉.

手打:瑪麗安