a particular form of something differing in certain respects from an earlier form or other forms of the same type of thing 变化形式;变体;型 a revised version of the paper was produced for a later meeting. 为以后一次会议写出了文件的修改稿。 they produce yachts in both standard and master versions. 他们生产的游艇有标准型和精良型两种。 ■a particular edition or translation of a book or other work 版本;译本 the English version will be published next year. 英译本将于明年出版。 ■[usu. with modifier]an adaptation of a novel, piece of music, etc. into another medium or style (小说、音乐等的)改写本,改编本,改编形式 a film version of a wonderfully funny cult novel. 根据一部风靡一时、妙趣横生的小说改编的电影。 ■a particular updated edition of a piece of computer software (电脑软件的更新)版本 ■an account of a matter from a particular person's point of view (从个人角度对事物的)描述,说法,看法 he told her his version of events. 他把自己对那些事件的看法告诉了她。
[mass noun](Medicine)the manual turning of a fetus in the womb to make delivery easier (医)胎位倒转术
verb
[with obj.]create a new version of 创制…的新版本;更新…的版本 [asadj. versioned]versioned software. 新版软件。
派生 versional adjective 语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'translation'): from French, or from medieval Latin versio(n-), from Latin vertere 'to turn'