multipurpose

Word family

mul·ti·pur·pose /ˌmʌltiˈpɜːpəs◂ $ -ˈpɜːr-/ adjectiveadj [usually before noun]

USE somethingable to be used for many different purposes 多用途的，多功能的

a multipurpose building

多用途大楼

a multipurpose tool

多用途工具

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Examples from the Corpus

multipurpose• Contacted Saturday, he said he wanted to set up a multipurpose account to sponsor the King scholarships and office functions.• All of my possessions are multipurpose and petite.• Walk-in showers, garden tubs and multipurpose nooks are among the other preferred housing elements.• Gathered together in the multipurpose room, the group begins with an activity that either students or teachers have organized.• a multipurpose room• In the 1970s, as sports revenues from television soared, it was fashionable to build multipurpose stadiums with few fancy facilities.• Their multipurpose suckers are also used for locomotion and hanging on.

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BNC: 41683 COCA: 18465

multipurpose