| 单词 | sterile |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['sterail] |
| 解释 | a.贫瘠且无植被的；不孕的；无细菌的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 不孕的(incapable of producing offspring)；无细菌的(free from living organisms) 【考】 plain : austere / clean : sterile(程度: 朴素的和简朴的/干净 的和无菌的)sterile : bacteria / impeccable : flaws(无菌的没有细菌/无 瑕的没有瑕疵)反义词：verdant(翠 绿的) |
| 字源 | sterile (adj.) mid-15c., "barren," from Middle French stérile "not producing fruit," from Latin sterilis "barren, unproductive, unfruitful; unrequited; unprofitable," from PIE *ster- (1) "stiff, rigid, firm, strong" (see stereo-). Also see torpor. Originally in English with reference to soil; of persons (chiefly females), from 1530s. The sense of "sterilized, free from living germs" is first recorded 1877. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 不孕的; 贫瘠的; 无细菌的 【类】plain: austere = clean: sterile朴素的就是简朴的 = 干净的就是无菌的sterile: bacteria = impeccable: flaws无菌的没有细菌 = 无暇的没有暇疵 【反】verdant(adj 翠绿的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】steer 驾驶 + ill病，驾驶病，骑马，驾驶摩托车，自行车等过多造成不育；steer阉割的公牛 + ill病，阉割过的当然不育；没有种子，精子→没有微生物→无菌 |
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