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mutation

/mjuˈteɪʃən/

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noun

突变，变异，变化。

Any alteration or change.

Examples :

"The mutation in the school's lunch menu this week was a change from pizza to pasta. "

这周学校午餐菜单的突变是把披萨换成了意大利面。

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noun

突变，变异。

Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.

Examples :

"The baby's blue eyes were the result of a rare genetic mutation that changed the genes responsible for eye color. "

这个婴儿的蓝眼睛是由于一种罕见的基因突变造成的，这种突变改变了控制眼睛颜色的基因。

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noun

突变体, 变异体

Examples :

"The superhero's amazing powers were a result of a spontaneous mutation. "

这位超级英雄惊人的超能力源于一次自发产生的突变体。

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noun

语音变异, 音变

An alteration a particular sound of a word, especially the initial consonant, which is triggered by the word's morphological or syntactic context and not by its phonological context.

Examples :

"The word "photograph" has a mutation in its pronunciation; the initial "ph" sound often changes to a "f" sound in phrases like "taking a photograph." "

“Photograph”这个词的发音会发生语音变异；例如，在“taking a photograph”这样的短语中，词首的“ph”音经常变成“f”音，这就是一种音变现象。

linguistics grammar phonetics language word

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noun

基因突变，变异

A group of thrushes.

Examples :

"A mutation of thrushes gathered in the park, filling the air with their songs. "

一群画眉鸟聚集在公园里，歌声充满了整个空间。(Yī qún huàméi niǎo jùjí zài gōngyuán lǐ, gēshēng chōngmǎn le zhěnggè kōngjiān.)

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