Modal auxiliary verb
n. 表动词语态的助动词（如may,might,must等）
🧩 词语组成解析
modal
[['məudl]]
a. 形式的, 样式的, 形态上的, 模态的\\n[计] 模态的
auxiliary
[ɔɡ'zɪlɪəri]
adj. 辅助的;备用的，补充的;附加的;副的;
n. 助动词;辅助者，辅助人员;附属机构，附属团体;辅助设备;
auxili帮助+ary...的 → 辅助的
🗣️ 情景例句
A grandfather clock would look great in the den.
休息室里放一座落地钟会很漂亮的。
Who is going to win?
谁会赢？
About a third of the people who had been chained up below at the beginning of the journey were missing.
旅程开始时拴在下边的人大约有三分之一已经不见了。