[N-COUNT 可数名词]变体;变种;变化形式 A variant of a particular thing is something that has a different form to that thing, although it is related to it.
[usu with supp]
The quagga was a strikingly beautiful variant of the zebra...
斑驴是一种极美丽的斑马变种。
An intriguing variant to pipelines would be to carry the water using the existing system of canals...
除用管道外,利用现有的运河系统来输送水也很值得一试。
There are so many variant spellings of his name.
他的名字有很多不同的拼写形式。
Oxford
vari·antAWL/ˈveəriənt; NAmEˈveriənt;ˈværiənt/nounvariant(of/on sth) a thing that is a slightly different form or type of sth else 变种;变体;变形◆This game is a variant of baseball.这种运动是由棒球演变而来的。▶vari·antadjective◆variant forms of spelling不同的拼写形式variantvariantsvari·ant/ˈveəriənt; NAmEˈveriənt;ˈværiənt/
1something that is slightly different from the usual form of somethingvariant of/on This game is a variant of netball. a variant on the typical Hollywood hero2technical a slightly different form of a word or phrase: spelling variants in British and American English—variant adjective: a variant form of the word
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