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mutate

🇬🇧 UK/'mju:teit/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To undergo or cause a genetic or structural change; to transform.

(使)变异,(使)突变

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
mutchange, exchange
+
ateto make, having
=mutate

Common Collocations

  • 1.mutate into突变成
  • 2.mutate rapidly迅速变异

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Viruses mutate rapidly, which is why developing vaccines is so challenging.

  • 2.

    The bacteria mutated to resist the antibiotics we were using to treat them.

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