| 单词 | mutable |
| 释义 | mutable (once / 1817 pages) adj Something or someone that is mutable is subject to change. Mutable weather can go from sunny, to rainy and windy, and back to sunny again. The word mutable originally had a negative connotation, and it referred to a person, usually a poet, who frequently changed his mind and moods. Mutable has come to mean anything that is capable of changing form or quality. If your favorite restaurant offers seasonal food, the menu is probably mutable with the change in seasons. In science, the word mutable refers to an organism or a gene that, for better or worse, changes its form. WORD FAMILYmutable: immutable, mutability, mutableness, mutably+/immutable: immutability, immutableness, immutably/mutability: mutabilities/mute: mutable, muted, mutely, muteness, muter, mutes, mutest, muting/muted: mutedly USAGE EXAMPLESBorlan’s work, like her material, is designed to be mutable. Washington Post(Nov 11, 2016) The drawings also are immediate and mutable, because they’re executed with charcoal. Washington Post(Sep 15, 2016) In a show full of outlined figures, Kececi’s soft colors and mutable forms stand out. Washington Post(Aug 19, 2016) adj capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature a mutable substance the mutable ways of fortune mutable weather patterns a mutable foreign policy Syn|Ant changeable changeless, immutable not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature |
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