| 单词 | gengineer |
| 释义 | ▪ I. gengineer, n. Chiefly Science Fiction.
Brit. |ˌdʒɛn(d)ʒɪˈnɪə|, U.S. |ˌdʒɛndʒəˈnɪ(ə)r|
[Blend of genetic adj. and engineer n., after genetic engineer n. Compare gengineering n., and slightly later gengineer v.]
= genetic engineer n.
1987Economist 19 Dec. 76/3 Biotechnologists, as the earliest gengineers were called, had no idea that their work would prove so fruitful. 1993J. Brosnan Opoponax Invasion (1994) 61 The Shinito gengineers theorized that the aliens..had sought to preserve their species by firing off perhaps millions of spheres carrying their DNA in all directions across the galaxy. 2005Apex Sci. Fiction & Horror Digest Fall 12 She had the grey melty-wax skin gengineers always end up with from gene spillage.
▪ II. gengineer, v. Chiefly Science Fiction.
Brit. |ˌdʒɛn(d)ʒɪˈnɪə|, U.S. |ˌdʒɛndʒəˈnɪ(ə)r|
[Blend of genetically adv. and engineer v., after gengineering n., gengineer n.]
trans. To produce, develop, or alter through genetic engineering. Cf. genetic engineering n.
1989 gengineered adj. at Derivatives1990Future Hist. made Obsolete by Recent Changes in rec.arts.sf-lovers (Usenet newsgroup) 22 Nov. Were I part of an organization that had the capability to gengineer human beings, I really don't think I'd care to make the fact public. 1993J. Brosnan Opoponax Invasion (1994) 85 All the various meats available in Purgatory were gengineered into existence. 2004Guardian (Nexis) 21 Feb. 28 Any hi-tech low-life can ‘gengineer’ nature.
Derivatives. gengineered adj.
1989Other Realms {hash}24 in rec.mag.otherrealms (Usenet newsgroup) 26 Apr. This rehash..pits the cryogenic, matriarchal Grant family against..*gengineered human mutant troglodytes. 2004Kansas City Star (Nexis) 21 Mar. 9 Cley lives among the Supras, a ‘gengineered’ race whose people consider themselves superior in intelligence to Cley and her kind. |
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