mutate
/mjuːˈteɪt/verb
1- change or cause to change in form or nature（使）在形式（或性质）上改变：
no obj. technology continues to mutate at an alarming rate技术继续以惊人的速度在发生变化
with obj. each side is mutating their image of the opposing culture into something evil and sinister.各方都把对方的文化形象在心目中变为邪恶凶险的不祥之物。
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- Biology (with reference to a cell, DNA molecule, etc.) undergo or cause to undergo change in a gene or genes【生】（细胞、DNA分子等）（使）突变：
no obj. the virus is able to mutate into new forms that are immune to the vaccine这种病毒能突变成新的对疫苗有免疫力的形态
with obj. certain nucleotides were mutated.某些核苷酸发生了突变。
派生词
mutator
noun词源
early 19th cent.: back-formation from MUTATION.