英语词汇“mutate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

mutatemutate /ˈmyuteɪt/ ●○○ verb

ETYMOLOGYmutate

Origin: 1700-1800 Latin, past participle of mutare to change

VERB TABLE

mutate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	mutate
	he, she, it	mutates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	mutated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have mutated
	he, she, it	has mutated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had mutated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will mutate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have mutated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am mutating
	he, she, it	is mutating
	you, we, they	are mutating
Past	I, he, she, it	was mutating
	you, we, they	were mutating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been mutating
	he, she, it	has been mutating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been mutating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be mutating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been mutating

1[intransitive, transitive] science, biology if a plant or animal mutates or something mutates it, it develops a feature that makes it different from other plants or animals of the same kind, because of a change in its genetic structure: Bacteria mutate rapidly.2[intransitive] to change and develop a new form: mutate into something His interest has mutated into an obsession.