a person or thing that makes partial or minor changes to something 修改者,更改者;改型者,改装者 ■(Grammar)a word, especially an adjective or noun used attributively, that restricts or adds to the sense of a head noun (e.g. good and family in a good family house) (语法)修饰语(尤指作定语用的形容词或名词,用于限制或增加中心词的语义,如a good family house中的good和family) ■(Genetics)a gene which modifies the phenotypic expression of a gene at another locus (遗传)修饰基因