versatile — Từ điển tiếng Anh

Tính từ

1. Capable of doing many things competently.

   Cách dùng

   • of a person

   Ví dụ

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   Ruthanna Boris, a versatile dancer and choreographer who was the first American ballerina to be a star of one of the prestigious Ballets Russes troupes of the ’40s, died Friday at her home in El Cerrito, Calif. She was 88.

2. Having varied uses or many functions.

   Cách dùng

   • usually
   • of an object

   Ví dụ

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   The paddles were enormously versatile, serving as radio-antenna masts, shovels, ice prods, snow knives, and potential argument settlers—whoever had one in his hand at the time would win.

3. Changeable or inconstant.

4. Capable of moving freely in all directions.

   Ví dụ

   The versatile anther is an important step up in flowering plant evolution and it may be the most widespread of all simple anther types.

5. Synonym of vers (“Willing to take either a penetrative or receptive role in anal sex”).

   Ví dụ

   Among men who do engage in anal intercourse, about one-quarter are tops, one-quarter are bottoms, and one-half are versatile.

6. Being a switch; capable of taking either a dominant or a submissive role.

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   versswitchy

7. Capable of being either a dominant or a submissive partner in a sexual relationship.

   Cách dùng

   • broadly

Tính từ

1. having great diversity or variety

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   various

   Ví dụ

   his various achievements are impressive

   his vast and versatile erudition

2. changeable or inconstant

   Ví dụ

   versatile moods

3. competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another

   Ví dụ

   a versatile writer

4. able to move freely in all directions

   Ví dụ

   an owl's versatile toe can move backward and forward

   an insect's versatile antennae can move up and down or laterally

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   a versatile anther of a flower moves freely in the wind