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-derivedCommon 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.