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mutant

/myoot-nt/US // ˈmyut nt //UK // (ˈmjuːtənt) //

突变体,变种人,突变人,突变株

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : undergoing or resulting from mutation.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a new type of organism produced as the result of mutation.

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Examples

  • In addition to unraveling the molecular makeup of pyrenoids, his team has generated a library of 60,000 Chlamydomonas mutants—the first of its kind for a single-celled photosynthetic organism.

  • The mutant did not attack the other male — he mated with him!

  • This suggested that the mutant’s problem was not with mating, but in distinguishing what is male from what is female.

  • They then infected human cells in Petri dishes with these kneecapped mutants to see if they could still replicate and thrive.

  • As detailed in a research paper published Monday, the mutant PETase can be combined with another enzyme called MHETase, found in the same trash-dwelling bacterium.

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles means a lot of things to a lot of people.

  • Nearly 30 years ago, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles inadvertently triggered an environmental crisis in England.

  • When the raven-man promises Bran that he will “fly,” does he mean the boy is about to morph into mutant bird as well?

  • In lieu of bone marrow transplants, scientists hope to use stem cells to serve as the future vectors of mutant CCR5 proteins.

  • This silky rendition of the 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' theme song is irrepressibly groovy.

  • The other way was through the services of a skrenning mutant.

  • He realized that he was in the Mutant Quarter, not far from Myla's house.

  • And Urson had already loped a couple of steps after the fleeting mutant, now halfway down the block.

  • Bakka is the oldest science fiction bookstore in the world, and it made me the mutant I am today.

  • This is clearly the meaning of Tacitus, 'Arva per annos mutant et superest ager.'