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a/an + mutant
不定冠词修饰可数名词，表示泛指。
The lab created a mutant.
实验室创造了一个突变体。
突变体；变异生物
mutants — plural of mutant
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
突变体；变异生物
an organism or thing that has changed through mutation and has new characteristics
The lab created a mutant.
实验室创造了一个突变体。
常用于生物学或科幻语境
突变体；因突变而具有新特征的生物或事物
That which has mutated, with one or more new characteristics from a mutation.
(生物学)因染色体改变而具有特征的生物体
(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
互斥锁的同义词
Synonym of mutex.
经历突变的动物
an animal that has undergone mutation
The scientist discovered a mutant that could survive in extreme temperatures.
科学家发现了一种能在极端温度下存活的突变体。
In the movie, the mutants had special powers.
电影中的突变体拥有特殊能力。
The garden contained a mutant flower with six petals instead of five.
花园里有一朵有六片花瓣（而不是五片）的突变花。
不定冠词修饰可数名词，表示泛指。
The lab created a mutant.
实验室创造了一个突变体。
定冠词特指某个已知的突变体。
The mutant escaped from the cage.
那个突变体从笼子里逃跑了。
that引导的定语从句修饰mutant，提供额外信息。
We studied a mutant that survived radiation.
我们研究了一个在辐射中存活的突变体。
Not this
The mutant of the virus is worrying.
Use this
The mutation of the virus is worrying.
中文的“突变”可指过程或结果，但英语中mutant仅指突变后的个体或生物体，而mutation才表示突变的过程或事件。
Not this
He is an mutant.
Use this
He is a mutant.
mutant以辅音音素/j/开头，应使用冠词a，而非an。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
……的突变体
The new strain is a mutant of the original virus.
这种新毒株是原始病毒的突变体。
功能缺失型突变体
The loss-of-function mutant produces no functional protein.
这种功能缺失型突变体不产生有功能的蛋白质。
自发突变体
Spontaneous mutants were isolated from the colony.
从菌落中分离出自发突变体。
辐射诱导突变体
Radiation-induced mutants often carry multiple genetic changes.
辐射诱导突变体通常携带多种遗传变化。
筛选突变体
The team screened for mutants that grow without oxygen.
该团队筛选出在无氧条件下生长的突变体。
身为变种人，我骄傲。
In the X-Men comics, the phrase "Mutant and proud" became a rallying cry for the mutant community.
在《X战警》漫画中，“身为变种人，我骄傲”成了变种人群体的战斗口号。
少年变异忍者神龟！身披半壳的英雄！
This chant opens the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song and has been recited by fans since the 1980s.
这句欢呼是《忍者神龟》主题曲的开头，自20世纪80年代以来一直被粉丝传唱。
Use mutants naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记住 mut- 来自 mutation（突变）：电影里的变种人 mutant 就是因为基因突变而获得新特征的生物。
语域：neutral 常见场景：biology、genetics、science fiction 该词作名词时，比较常见于生物学、遗传学和科幻语境，指因基因突变而产生新特征的生物或事物；不限于正式场合，日常和科普表达也较常用，整体语气中性。
All six words share the final unstressed syllable /ənt/ with 'mutant' (spelled '-ant'), so the endings sound alike, but none is a perfect rhyme because the stressed vowel differs. Beware the lookalike 'mutate' /ˈmjuːteɪt/ and 'mutation' /mjuˈteɪʃən/, which start with the same 'mut-' but end in /eɪt/ or /eɪʃən/, not /ənt/.
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