Variety
[və'raɪətɪ] or [və'raɪəti]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a difference that is usually pleasant; 'he goes to France for variety'; 'it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic'.
(noun.) (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics; 'varieties are frequently recognized in botany'.
伊恩校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.
(n.) That which is various.
(n.) A number or collection of different things; a varied assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks.
(n.) Something varying or differing from others of the same general kind; one of a number of things that are akin; a sort; as, varieties of wood, land, rocks, etc.
(n.) An individual, or group of individuals, of a species differing from the rest in some one or more of the characteristics typical of the species, and capable either of perpetuating itself for a period, or of being perpetuated by artificial means; hence, a subdivision, or peculiar form, of a species.
(n.) In inorganic nature, one of those forms in which a species may occur, which differ in minor characteristics of structure, color, purity of composition, etc.
迪克整理
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Diversity, difference.[2]. Multiplicity, multiformity, multifariousness.
手打:马吉
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Difference, diversity, medley, miscellany, multiplicity, multiformity,abnormity
ANT:Uniformity, species, type, specimen
編輯:维尔玛
解釋/意思:
n. the quality of bring various: difference: many-sidedness versatility: a collection of different things: one of a number of things nearly allied to each other: one or more individuals of a species which owing to accidental causes differ from the normal form in minor points:—pl. Varī′eties.—adj. Vārī′etal (biol.) having the character of a zoological or botanical variety.—adv. Varī′etally.—ns. Varī′ety-show a mixed entertainment comprising dances songs negro-minstrelsy farces short sketches &c.; Varī′ety-thē′atre a theatre devoted to variety-shows.—adj. Vā′riform varied in form.—v.t. Vā′rify to variegate.
杰勒德整理
例句/造句/用法:
- American deposits in the Miocene display a great variety of camels, giraffe camels with long necks, gazelle camels, llamas, and true camels. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- However opinions may differ on a variety of subjects, I should think it would be universally agreed, Sir Leicester, that I am not much to boast of. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Commercial soaps are made from a great variety of substances, such as tallow, lard, castor oil, coconut oil, olive oil, etc. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- When one thinks of it, how astonishing a variety of nature! 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- They have not done till this generation; but I feel as if it were my vocation to turn out a new variety of the Yorke species. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Don't look forward to variety, but you'll have excellence. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The place is stored with great variety of sextants, quadrants, telescopes, astrolabes, and other astronomical instruments. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- When the expense of fashionable dress is very great, the variety must be very small. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- There was a great quantity and variety of stuff, as the Claytons had expected a possible five to eight years' residence in their new home. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- This paste answers a variety of purposes. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Since Oersted’s first electric magnet in 1820, electric magnets have been made in a variety of forms and for many different purposes. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- From the strong principle of inheritance, any selected variety will tend to propagate its new and modified form. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- He was a good musician, a skilful draughtsman and painter, something of a poet, and had shown considerable talent in designing and building a variety of toy machines. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- There were also a great variety of flying cockroaches. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He wanted to find the most homogeneous variety. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- I have as yet spoken as if the varieties of the same species were invariably fertile when intercrossed. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- The difficulty in distinguishing variable species is largely due to the varieties mocking, as it were, other species of the same genus. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- In this respect, therefore, the species of the larger genera resemble varieties, more than do the species of the smaller genera. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Many varieties of coal produce a quantity of fine dust which settles in the roadways, on roof, and sides, and floor. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Several cases are on record of the same species presenting varieties in the upper and lower parts of the same formation. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- If such gradations were not all fully preserved, transitional varieties would merely appear as so many new, though closely allied species. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- In genera having more than the average number of species in any country, the species of these genera have more than the average number of varieties. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- If, then, it varied, natural selection would probably favour different varieties in the different islands. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- He studied the sp ecies in their natural setting, the habitat, and range, and habits, and food of the different varieties. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Independently of the question of fertility, the offspring of species and of varieties when crossed may be compared in several other respects. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- I have met with striking instances of the rule in the case of varieties intermediate between well-marked varieties in the genus Balanus. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- In one district several varieties occurred, and of these one alone resembled, to a certain extent, the common Ithomia of the same district. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- No; but it can give varieties of pain, and prevent us from breaking our hearts with a single tyrant master-torture. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Rival companies have sprung up, using slightly different varieties of apparatus. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- There are several varieties, as the Irish greyhound, the Scottish, the Russian, the Italian and the Turkish. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
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