:something substantially the same, but in different form," 1848, from variant (adj.).
variant (adj.)
late 14c., "tending to change," from Old French variant and directly from Latin variantem (nominative varians), present participle of variare "to change" (see vary).
权威例句
1. There are so many variant spellings of his name.
他的名字有很多不同的拼写形式。
2. This game is a variant of baseball.
这种运动是由棒球演变而来的。
3. Semasiology is a variant name for semantics.
Semasiology是 Semantics的异名.
4. The skills which use SafeArray to transfer VARIANT data are also included in.
运用安全数组传递VARIANT数据类型的技巧.
5. An intriguing variant to pipelines would be to carry the water using the existing system of canals.