CRISPR
noun biology specialized uk/ˈkrɪsp.ər/ us/ˈkrɪsp.ɚ/
[ C ]常间回文重复序列丛集（clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat 的缩写）
abbreviation for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat: a piece of DNA that includes short, repeated sequences
In 1987 Osaka University researcher Yoshizumi Ishino cloned part of a CRISPR. 1987年，大坂大学的研究人员石野良纯克隆了 CRISPR 的一部分。
[ U ]常间回文重复序列丛集技术，CRISPR技术
a method of editing (= making changes to) a gene that uses these repeated sequences
CRISPR can be used to change mosquitos so they cannot transmit diseases such as malaria. CRISPR技术可以用来改变蚊子的基因，这样它们就不能传播疟疾这样的疾病。