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mutant noun[ C ] uk /ˈmjuː.tənt/ us /ˈmjuː.tənt/ an organism that is different from others of its type because of a permanent change in its genes: 突变体 These mutants lack a vital protein which gives them immunity to the disease.这些突变体缺乏一种可以抵抗这种疾病的重要蛋白质。 This mutant gene is thought to cause cancer.人们认为这种突变基因会致癌。 figurativehumorousI'm convinced he's a mutant - he's not at all like the rest of our family!我觉得他真是个异类——他一点儿也不像我们家的其他人! disapproving an unpleasant and frightening thing: 令人讨厌的事物,可怕的事物 The result of these experiments will be a nightmarish world filled with two-headed monsters and other mutants.这些实验的结果是一个噩梦般的世界,到处是双头怪和其他可怕的东西。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Genetics accession number adenine anaphase autosomal autosomally dizygotic genetically genetically engineered geneticist genic genomic genomics monozygotic mutate non-Darwinian non-familial non-genetic non-mutant nondominant sex-linked
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mutant | American Dictionary mutant noun[ C ] us/ˈmju·t̬ənt/ biology a new type of organism that is a result of the process of mutation |