Word · Frequency #6291
mutation
基因突变；突变
A change in an organism's genetic material (DNA) that can be passed on to its offspring; also, the process that causes such a change.
- 1.
Any alteration or change.
改变；变化。
- 2.
(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
(生物学)因染色体改变而具有特征的生物体
- 3.
Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.
遗传物质碱基对序列的可遗传变化。
- 4.
(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
(遗传学)改变遗传结构的任何事件；生物体基因型中遗传核酸序列的任何改变
- 5.
A mutant.
突变体。
- 6.
a change or alteration in form or qualities
形式或特性的变化或改变
- 7.
An alteration in a particular sound of a word, especially the initial consonant, which is triggered by the word's morphological or syntactic context and not by its phonological context.
由词的形态或句法环境而非语音环境触发的特定语音(尤其是首辅音)变化。
- 8.
The transfer of title of an asset in a register.
登记簿中的资产所有权变更。
变化；改变；突变体；突变型；词首辅音变化；音变；所有权转移；产权变更；改变；变化。
In use
The scientist studied a rare mutation that gave the flower a blue color.
Some mutations are harmful, but others can help an animal survive in a new environment.
This mutation in the fruit fly has lost its wings.
mutation in sth
表示在某个具体对象内部的变化。
A mutation in the BRCA1 gene increases the risk of breast cancer.
BRCA1基因中的突变会增加乳腺癌的风险。
mutation of sth
表示某个对象自身的变化过程。
The mutation of the influenza virus requires a new vaccine each year.
流感病毒的突变使得每年都需要新疫苗。
mutation to sth
表示变化的结果或方向。
Connections
Collocations
- genetic mutation
- 基因突变
- The disease is caused by a genetic mutation.该疾病是由基因突变引起的。
- point mutation
- 点突变
- A point mutation can alter a single amino acid.点突变可以改变单个氨基酸。
- somatic mutation
- 体细胞突变
- Somatic mutations are not inherited.体细胞突变不会遗传。
- mutation rate
- 突变率
- The mutation rate is higher in cancer cells.癌细胞的突变率更高。
- random mutation
- 随机突变
- Evolution depends on random mutations.进化依赖于随机突变。
- gene mutation
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一只正常蝴蝶突然变异，翅膀颜色和形状发生了变化。
Context & Register
通常用于生物学、遗传学等科学领域，指基因或染色体的改变，属于正式或技术性用语。也可在比喻中表示任何形式的变化，但较少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all have second-syllable stress with vowel [eɪ] and ending [ʃən], rhyming with 'mutation'. Beware of lookalikes like 'nation' (/ˈneɪʃən/), which shifts stress to the first syllable and does not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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