| 词汇 | franken |
| 释义 | Franken- prefix informaldisapproving(alsofranken-)uk /fræŋ.kən-/ us /fræŋ.kən-/ used to describe something that is considered to be frightening and dangerous because of the unnatural way in which it was created, especially because of having been genetically modified(= having had some genes changed scientifically): 转基因的 Environmentalists fear that farmers have now spread this Frankencorn into most parts of the country. They created a genetically modified organism nicknamed "Frankenfungus" that was supposed to kill chestnut blight but not the chestnut tree. See also Frankenfood Frankenstein He claims genetic material from GMO has been spread to non-GMO crops miles away by "Frankenpollen" blowing in the wind. They may be planting Frankencrops or just conventional hybrids. The group said hybrid poplars with modified genes would be "frankentrees". The fish is not labelled "Genetically Modified" so we don’t know if we are eating wild, farmed, or frankenfish. Some consumer groups called the biotech tomato a Frankentomato and demanded that it should be banned. Strange, suspicious and unnatural aberrant aberrantly abnormal abnormally add freakishness funnily funnily enoughidiom ghostliness ghoul perversely perversity perverted pervy presence wack wackadoodle wackily wackiness wacky You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Frightening and scaring |
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