1901, in the biological sense, from Latin mutantem (nominative mutans) "changing," present participle of mutare "to change" (see mutable). In the science fiction sense, it is attested from 1954. As an adjective from 1903.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Then we use free function mutate ( mutant ) to get the view.
然后我們用普通函數(shù)mutate ( mutant ) 來(lái)獲得視圖.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
2. By using the complementation test an unknown mutant can be rapidly assigned to a particular gene.
采用互補(bǔ)測(cè)驗(yàn)可迅速地將某一未知突變型歸屬于某一特定基因.
來(lái)自辭典例句
3. When the cells were then shifted to an enriched medium, the mutant cells proliferated.