mutate

1. V-T/V-I If an animal or plant mutates, or something mutates it, it develops different characteristics as the result of a change in its genes. 使 (遺傳基因等) 突變; 經受突變

The virus mutates in the carrier's body. 該病毒在攜帶者體內發(fā)生突變。

HIV has proven to possess an ability to mutate into drug-resistant forms. 艾滋病病毒經證實能突變成抗藥型病毒。

2. mutationN-VAR 突變

Scientists have found a genetic mutation that appears to be the cause of Huntington's disease. 科學家們已經發(fā)現(xiàn)一個似乎是亨廷頓病病因的遺傳突變。

3. V-I If something mutates into something different, it changes into that thing. 變成

Overnight, the gossip begins to mutate into headlines. 一夜之間，流言蜚語開始變成頭條新聞了。