• vi. 變化，產生突變
• vt. 改變，使突變

來自拉丁語mutare,改變，詞源同mutable.引申詞義變異，突變。

mutate

mutate: [19] Semantically, mutate is probably the most direct English descendant of the Indo- European base *moi-, *mei- ‘change, exchange’, which has also given English mad, mean ‘unworthy, ignoble’, municipal, mutual [15] (from Latin mūtuus ‘exchanged, reciprocal’), the final syllable of common, and probably migrate [17]. Mutate itself comes from Latin mūtāre ‘change’ (source also of English mews and moult), and was preceded into English by some centuries by the derivatives mutable [14] and mutation [14].
=> mews, moult, mutual

mutate (v.)

"to change state or condition," 1818, back-formation from mutation. In genetic sense, 1913, from Latin mutatus, past participle of mutare "to change" (see mutable). Related: Mutated; mutating.

1. The technique has been to mutate the genes by irradiation or chemicals.

該技術是通過放射線照射或者使用化學方法使基因變異。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Overnight, the gossip begins to mutate into headlines.

一夜之間，傳聞變成了報紙的頭條新聞。

來自柯林斯例句

3. the ability of the virus to mutate into new forms

病毒變異成新菌株的能力

來自《權威詞典》

4. Then we use free function mutate ( mutant ) to get the view.

然后我們用普通函數mutate ( mutant ) 來獲得視圖.

來自互聯網

5. A newer anti-HIV drug called pyridinone caused HIV to mutate into a form which could not reproduce or infect new cells.

一種叫作吡啶酮的新型抗艾滋病藥物能促使艾滋病毒變異，使其不能繁殖，也不會再感染新的細胞。

來自柯林斯例句