柯林斯詞典gene /d?i?n/ (genes) 1. N-COUNT A gene is the part of a cell in a living thing which controls its physical characteristics, growth, and development. 基因 The gene for asthma has been identified. 哮喘病的基因已被識(shí)別。 返回 gene劍橋詞典a part of the DNA in a cell that controls the physical development , behaviour , etc. of an individual plant or animal and is passed on from its parents 基因 The illness is believed to be caused by a defective gene. 據(jù)信，這種疾病是由基因缺陷引起的。 例句 The scientists identified a defective gene.A particular gene is responsible for the inheritance of eye colour .This mutant gene is thought to cause cancer .It's impossible to say how much a person's behaviour is predetermined by their genes.Our personalities result from the complex interplay between our genes and our environment . 返回 gene