| 单词 | sterilize |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['sterilaiz] |
| 解释 | v.使不育；杀菌 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.使不育，杀菌 (to make sterile) 【考】 sedative : pacify / antiseptic : sterilize(镇静剂使人平静/杀 菌剂杀菌)反义词：contaminate (污染) 【例】 sterilize the surgical instruments |
| 字源 | sterilize (v.) "destroy the fertility of," 1690s (in reference to soil), from French stériliser or else from sterile + -ize; of living things from 1828. Meaning "render free of micro-organisms" is from 1878. Related: Sterilized; sterilizing. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 使不育; 杀菌消毒 【类】sedative: pacify = antiseptic: sterilize镇静剂使人平静 = 杀菌剂杀菌sterilization: microorganisms = deforestation: trees杀菌杀死微生物 = 砍伐森林杀死树木 【反】contaminate(v 污染) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】sterile + ize |
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