| 单词 | variant |
| 释义 | variant (once / 941 pages) nadj A variant is another version of something. You could say chimps and apes and gorillas are variants in the primate family. Words often have variants, spellings that vary from region to region or country to country. The British colour and the American color are variants. When a movie or TV show is remade or casts a new actor — like with the string of James Bonds — you could call those movies variants. Where there are variants, there is variety — things aren't all the same. WORD FAMILYvariant: invariant, variance, variantly, variants+/invariable: invariability, invariableness, invariables, invariably/invariant: invariance, invariants/unvaried: unvariedly, unvariedness/unvarying: unvaryingly/variability: variabilities/variable: invariable, variability, variableness, variables, variably/variance: variances/variate: bivariate, multivariate, variates/variation: covariation, variations/varied: unvaried, variedly, variedness/vary: co-vary, variable, variant, variate, variation, varied, varies, varying/varying: unvarying, varyingly USAGE EXAMPLESIsolated, proud Pyongyang uses a variant of the old system. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) The Super Hornet and its electronic warfare variant, the EA-18G Growler, employ thousands in St. Louis at Boeing and its contractors. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) Now released in the United States for the first time, it is a fascinating variant on Ghibli’s house style. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1n something a little different from others of the same type a variant of the same word Syn|Hyper edition, variation, version type a subdivision of a particular kind of thing 2n an event that departs from expectations Syn|Hyper discrepancy, variance departure, deviation, difference, divergence a variation that deviates from the standard or norm 3n a variable quantity that is random Syn|Hyper chance variable, random variable, stochastic variable, variate variable, variable quantity a quantity that can assume any of a set of values 4n (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups Syn|Hyper form, strain, var. taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group animal or plant group having natural relations 5adj exhibiting variation and change letters variant in size Syn variable liable to or capable of change 6adj differing from a norm or standard a variant spelling Syn different unlike in nature or quality or form or degree |
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