modal
noun
adj
ˈməʊdl
noun
1
a
modal
verb
情态动词
məʊˈdælɪəti
adj
2
modal
meanings
are
concerned
with
the
attitude
of
the
speaker
to
the
hearer
or
to
what
is
being
said
语气的; 情态的
only before noun 仅用于名词前
3
related
to
or
written
in
a
musical
MODE
(5)
〔音乐〕调式的