Sterilize
['stɛrəlaɪz]
解释:
(verb.) make infertile; 'in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized'.
(verb.) make free from bacteria.
吉纳维芙校对--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility.
(v. t.) To deprive of the power of reproducing; to render incapable of germination or fecundation; to make sterile.
(v. t.) To destroy all spores or germs in (an organic fluid or mixture), as by heat, so as to prevent the development of bacterial or other organisms.
录入:玛莎
例句:
- The cans are then removed, the vent hole closed by a drop of solder, and the goods thus hermetically sealed in a cooked or sterilized condition will keep for a long period of time. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- During the process of filtration the chicle is also sterilized, and comes from the machine as pure as distilled water. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- To the physician electric stoves are valuable, since his instruments can be sterilized in water heated by the stove; and that without fuel or odor of gas. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Material infected with the microbe is then placed in the test-tube by a sterilized platinum wire and the tube closed by raw cotton. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- An ordinary test-tube is supplied with some of the culture medium, and is then sterilized over the fire to destroy all interfering germs. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Physicians who perform operations wash not only their hands, but their instruments, sterilizing the latter by placing them in boiling water for several minutes. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
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