sterilize

英 [ˈsterəlaɪz]

美 [ˈsterəlaɪz]

v.  灭菌; 消毒; 使绝育

过去分词：sterilized　过去式：sterilized　现在分词：sterilizing　第三人称单数：sterilizes　

IELTSGRETEM8医学

Collins.1 / BNC.34830 / COCA.14878

牛津词典

verb

• 灭菌；消毒
  to kill the bacteria in or on sth
  1. to sterilize surgical instruments
     给外科手术器械消毒
  2. sterilized milk/water
     消过毒的牛奶 / 水
• 使绝育
  to make a person or an animal unable to have babies, especially by removing or blocking their sex organs

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 sterilise


• VERB 对…作灭菌(或消毒)处理
  If yousterilizea thing or a place, you make it completely clean and free from germs.
  1. Sulphur is also used to sterilize equipment...
     硫也可用来给器材消毒。
  2. The milk was sterilized and sealed in bottles.
     牛奶经过灭菌处理后被封装在瓶子里。
• VERB 使绝育
  If a person or an animalis sterilized, they have a medical operation that makes it impossible for them to have or produce babies.
  1. My wife was sterilized after the birth of her fourth child.
     我妻子生完第4个孩子后做了绝育手术。

英英释义

verb

• make infertile
  1. in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized
  Synonym:sterilisedesexunsexdesexualizedesexualisefix
• make free from bacteria
  Synonym:sterilise

双语例句

• Wires in hospitals are a big issue because you have to sterilize every device, Hedayat says.
  希达亚特指出：医院里的电线是个大问题，因为你必须给每样设备消毒。
• The utility model relates to a processing device which uses microwave to dry and sterilize plates.
  本实用新型涉及利用微波对板材进行干燥杀菌的处理设备。
• The ultraviolet ray light can sterilize the packing material.
  机内装有紫外线杀菌灯，能对包装材料进行消毒灭菌。
• Objective To evaluate the effect of ozone used to sterilize sickbed unit.
  目的评价病床单位臭氧消毒的效果。
• The utility model can fast dry clothes and sterilize and add perfume for the clothes, and can be used extremely convenient.
  本实用新型可快速烘干服饰并同时进行杀菌消毒和加香，使用非常方便。
• You can't sterilize children against violence.
  你不可能让孩子们彻底远离暴力。
• Antiseptic is used to sterilize the skin before giving an injection.
  杀菌剂被用于在注射前给皮肤消毒。
• There, my "papa" would allow me to fill syringes and sterilize instruments for him.
  在那里，我的爷爷会让我为他填充注射器并且为一些器具消毒。
• A tank-like device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or sterilize surgical instruments.
  加热物体使其到达沸点的坦克形状的设备；用于制造化学药品或外科杀菌工具。
• Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
  在用注射毒剂的方式执行死刑时，为什么还要消毒针头？