mutate
mutate
verb
mutator
noun
语源
verb
- change or cause to change in form or nature
（使）在形式（或性质）上改变
[no obj.]technology continues to mutate at an alarming rate.
技术继续以惊人的速度在发生变化。
[with obj.]each side is mutating their image of the opposing culture into something evil and sinister.
各方都把对方的文化形象在心目中变为邪恶凶险的不祥之物。
■(Biology)(with reference to a cell, DNA molecule, etc.) undergo or cause to undergo change in a gene or genes
(生)（细胞、DNA分子等）（使）突变
[no obj.]the virus is able to mutate into new forms that are immune to the vaccine.
这种病毒能突变成新的对疫苗有免疫力的形态。
[with obj.]certain nucleotides were mutated.
某些核苷酸发生了突变。
mutator
noun
语源
- early 19th cent.: back-formation from mutation
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