The invention belongs to the technical field of biology, and relates to short-chain dehydrogenase and a mutant thereof, and preparation and applications of a gene, specifically to a wild type C=C double bond reductase OYE1 derived from Saccharomyces pastoris, and a mutant thereof, short-chain dehydrogenases LfSDR1, BmSDR5 and BsSDR8 respectively derived from Lactobacillus fermentum, Bacillus megaterium and Bacillus subtilis, mutants thereof, C=C double bond reductase and C=O double bond reductase with stereoselectivity complementation, genes of C=C double bond reductase and C=O double bond reductase, construction and preparation of a recombinant expression vector containing the gene, expression of recombinase, an enzyme catalytic two-step asymmetric reduction reaction of carvone, the conditions of the reaction, and a detection method of the product dihydrocarveol. Compared with the existing chemical method, the method of the invention has the advantages of being easy to operate, mild in reaction condition, environmentally friendly and the like.