| 单词 | mutate |
| 释义 | mutate[ myoo-teyt ] / ˈmyu teɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mutate ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object), mu·tat·ed, mu·tat·ing.to change; alter. Biology. to cause (a gene, cell, etc.) to undergo an alteration of one or more characteristics: The disease mutates the retina’s rod cells, and they slowly stop working. Phonetics. to change by umlaut. verb (used without object), mu·tat·ed, mu·tat·ing.to undergo change: It was a gamble to mutate from hard rock frontman to big band crooner, but he went seriously retro and won that bet in a huge way. Biology. (of a gene, cell, etc.) to undergo an alteration of one or more characteristics: Drug-resistant cells mutate more quickly and could migrate into surrounding tissue. Origin of mutateFirst recorded in 1810–20; from Latin mūtātus, past participle of mūtare “to change”; see -ate1 OTHER WORDS FROM mutatemu·ta·tive [myoo-tuh-tiv], /ˈmyu tə tɪv/, adjectivenon·mu·ta·tive, adjectiveun·mu·tat·ed, adjectiveun·mu·ta·tive, adjectiveWords nearby mutatemutant, mutant gene, Mutare, mutarotation, mutase, mutate, mutation, mutations, mutation stop, mutatis mutandis, mutato nomine Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mutate
British Dictionary definitions for mutatemutate / (mjuːˈteɪt) / verbto undergo or cause to undergo mutation Derived forms of mutatemutative (ˈmjuːtətɪv, mjuːˈteɪtɪv), adjectiveWord Origin for mutateC19: from Latin mūtātus changed, from mūtāre to change Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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