| 英语单词 | mutate |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [mjuː'teɪt] 美 ['mjuːteɪt] |
| 中文释义 | vi.变异;突变 vt.使变异;使突变 |
| 英语例句 | (1) In the Darwinian run, the body code would mutate over time. (2) While it's only a single strand right now, it can mutate into other strands. (3) Exposure to UV rays can mutate your cells and cause cancer. (4) In the Darwinian run, the body code would mutate over time. (5) While it's only a single strand right now, it can mutate into other strands. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 在与达尔文主义有关的这条线中,躯体代码将随着时间的推移而变异。 (2) 而这仅是一个单链,现在,它可以变异成其他方面。 (3) 暴露在紫外光下会使你的细胞突变,引起癌症。 (4) 在与达尔文主义有关的这条线中,躯体代码将随着时间的推移而变异。 (5) 而这仅是一个单链,现在,它可以变异成其他方面。 |
| vocabulary简明 | To mutate is to change, especially genetically. When plants mutate, their genes change in a way that makes them look, grow, or reproduce differently. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The word mutate comes up most often in biology, to describe the natural — or artificial — process of genetic change. If a scientist alters an animal’s DNA, for example, it mutates. Another way that scientists mutate organisms is in food production: often the genes in a plant are changed in a way that helps it resist insects or weeds, or makes it grow much larger than normal. The Latin root word of mutate is mutare, which simply means "to change." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)变异;(使)突变 If an animal or plant mutates, or something mutates it, it develops different characteristics as the result of a change in its genes. [V] [V [V n] [V-ed] [Also V n
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2 [VERB 动词]变化;变成 If something mutates into something different, it changes into that thing. [V
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