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。
(archaic)changeable; inconstant (古)易变的;反复无常的
派生 versatilely adverb versatility noun 语源
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'