versatile
/ˈvɜːsətaɪl/adjective
1
- able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities多功能的; 多才多艺的:
a versatile sewing machine
多功能缝纫机
he was versatile enough to play on either wing.
他技术全面, 能兼打左、右边锋。
2
- archaic changeable; inconstant〈古〉易变的; 反复无常的。
派生词
versatilely
adverbversatility
noun词源
early 17th cent. (in the sense 'inconstant, fluctuating'): from French, or from Latin versatilis, from versat-'turned about, revolved', from the verb versare, frequentative of vertere'to turn'.