Antiseptic

[æntɪ'septɪk] or [,æntɪ'sɛptɪk]

解释:

(noun.) a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues.

(adj.) devoid of objectionable language; 'lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School' .

(adj.) clean and honest; 'antiseptic financial practices' .

(adj.) thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms; 'doctors in antiseptic green coats'; 'the antiseptic effect of alcohol'; 'it is said that marjoram has antiseptic qualities' .

(adj.) freeing from error or corruption; 'the antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism' .

校对:莱斯利--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Alt. of Antiseptical

(n.) A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona.

整理:瓦莱丽

解释:

adj. and n. counteracting putrefaction and analogous fermentive changes: preventing moral decay.—adv. Antisept′ically.

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