新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

sterilize

英  [ˈsterɪlaɪz]
    

[VERB]

又拼作 sterilise  
    VERB. 动词
  • sterilizes , sterilizing , sterilized

    1[T 及物动词] 给…消毒

    If you sterilize a thing or a place, you make it completely clean and free from germs.

    双语例句

    例:

    Sulphur is also used to sterilize equipment.

    硫磺也用来给设备消毒。

    2[T 及物动词] 给…做绝育手术

    If a person or an animal is sterilized, they have a medical operation that makes it impossible for them to have or produce babies.

    双语例句

    例:

    My wife was sterilized after the birth of her fourth child.

    我妻子在生了第4个孩子后,做了绝育手术。

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