1. (使)變異;(使)突變 If an animal or plant mutates, or something mutates it, it develops different characteristics as the result of a change in its genes.
mutate什么意思
e.g. The virus mutates in the carrier's body... 病毒會(huì )在攜帶者體內發(fā)生變異。 e.g. 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(huì )再感染新的細胞。
mutation Scientists have found a genetic mutation that appears to be the cause of Huntington's disease. 科學(xué)家們已經(jīng)發(fā)現了一種可能是引起亨廷頓舞蹈病的基因變異。
2. 變化;變成 If something mutates into something different, it changes into that thing.
e.g. Overnight, the gossip begins to mutate into headlines. 一夜之間，傳聞變成了報紙的頭條新聞。