var·i·ant
noun/ˈveəriənt/
/ˈveriənt/, /ˈværiənt/
- variant (of/on something) a thing that is a slightly different form or type of something 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。 - a variant of the original experiment
原始实验的一个变体 - a variant on a familiar theme
熟悉主题的变体
Oxford Collocations DictionaryVariant is used after these nouns:- spelling
Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘tending to vary’): from Old French, literally ‘varying’, present participle of varier or Latin variare, from varius ‘diverse’ . The noun dates from the mid 19th cent. - This game is a variant of baseball.