mutate

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vi. 变化, 产生变异, 变化元音 vt. 使变异

发音

UK /mjuːˈteɪt/
其它
US /ˈmju.teɪt/

词形变化

mutated mutates 三单 mutates mutating mutating 现在分词 mutated 过去式 mutated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To undergo mutation.

    变异

    不及物

    The virus has mutated into a more resilient version.

  2. 2.

    To cause mutation.

    及物

词汇关系

动词

上位词 1

change

下位词 1

revert

词源

First attested in 1796; back-formation from mutation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), ultimately from Latin mūtō (“to exchange; to change, to vary”). Doublet of moult.

来源：wiktionary