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