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versatile 音標拼音: [v'ɚsətəl] [vɚsət'ɑɪl] a. 多才多藝的,萬用的,萬向的 多才多藝的,萬用的,萬向的 versatile adj 1: having great diversity or variety; " his various achievements are impressive"; " his vast and versatile erudition" [ synonym: { versatile}, { various}] 2: changeable or inconstant; " versatile moods" 3: competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another; " a versatile writer" 4: able to move freely in all directions; " an owl' s versatile toe can move backward and forward"; " an insect' s versatile antennae can move up and down or laterally"; " a versatile anther of a flower moves freely in the wind" Versatile \ Ver" sa* tile\, a. [ L. versatilis, fr. versare to turn around, v. freq. of vertere: cf. F. versatile. See { Verse}.] 1. Capable of being turned round. -- Harte. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Liable to be turned in opinion; changeable; variable; unsteady; inconstant; as, a versatile disposition. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Turning with ease from one thing to another; readily applied to a new task, or to various subjects; many- sided; as, versatile genius; a versatile politician. [ 1913 Webster] Conspicuous among the youths of high promise . . . was the quick and versatile [ Charles] Montagu. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Nat. Hist.) Capable of turning; freely movable; as, a versatile anther, which is fixed at one point to the filament, and hence is very easily turned around; a versatile toe of a bird. [ 1913 Webster] -- { Ver" sa* tile* ly}, adv. -- -- { Ver" sa* tile* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 60 Moby Thesaurus words for " versatile": able, accessible, accomplished, adaptable, adjustable, adroit, all- around, ambidextrous, amphibious, at hand, available, changeable, changing, convenient, conversant, coquettish, dexterous, elastic, facile, faddish, fickle, flexible, flighty, flirtatious, fluctuating, generally capable, gifted, handy, inconstant, light, many- sided, mercurial, mobile, multifaceted, of all work, on call, on deck, on hand, on tap, plastic, pliable, protean, quicksilver, ready, resourceful, skilled, skillful, skittish, supple, talented, to hand, toying, two- handed, undependable, unpredictable, unreliable, vacillating, variable, volatile, well- rounded
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