sterilize

英 [ˈsterəlaɪz]

美 [ˈsterəlaɪz]

v. 灭菌; 消毒; 使绝育

过去分词：sterilized　过去式：sterilized　现在分词：sterilizing　第三人称单数：sterilizes　

Collins.1 / BNC.34830 / COCA.14878

牛津词典

verb

灭菌；消毒
to kill the bacteria in or on sth
1. to sterilize surgical instruments
  给外科手术器械消毒
2. sterilized milk/water
  消过毒的牛奶 / 水
使绝育
to make a person or an animal unable to have babies, especially by removing or blocking their sex organs

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 sterilise

VERB 对…作灭菌(或消毒)处理
If yousterilizea thing or a place, you make it completely clean and free from germs.
1. Sulphur is also used to sterilize equipment...
  硫也可用来给器材消毒。
2. The milk was sterilized and sealed in bottles.
  牛奶经过灭菌处理后被封装在瓶子里。
VERB 使绝育
If a person or an animalis sterilized, they have a medical operation that makes it impossible for them to have or produce babies.
1. My wife was sterilized after the birth of her fourth child.
  我妻子生完第4个孩子后做了绝育手术。

verb

make infertile
1. in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized
Synonym:sterilisedesexunsexdesexualizedesexualisefix
make free from bacteria
Synonym:sterilise

There, my "papa" would allow me to fill syringes and sterilize instruments for him.
在那里，我的爷爷会让我为他填充注射器并且为一些器具消毒。
But should not be relied upon to sterilize water.
但决不可用来消毒饮用水。
Antiseptic is used to sterilize the skin before giving an injection.
杀菌剂被用于在注射前给皮肤消毒。
The milk was sterilized and sealed in bottles.
牛奶经过灭菌处理后被封装在瓶子里。
Objective To evaluate the effect of ozone used to sterilize sickbed unit.
目的评价病床单位臭氧消毒的效果。
A tank-like device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or sterilize surgical instruments.
加热物体使其到达沸点的坦克形状的设备；用于制造化学药品或外科杀菌工具。
This paper introduces a new technique of ozone on line oxidation to sterilize RO filtrated pure water for drinking.
本文介绍了一种盘管在线式臭氧接触氧化处理RO纯水工艺。
A more efficient technique is to sterilize the attracted insects.
一种比较有效的方法是使被吸引的昆虫绝育。
Wriggle pump filling system is convenient to clean, sterilize.
灌装系统为蠕动泵、清洁、消毒方便、生产稳定。
Wires in hospitals are a big issue because you have to sterilize every device, Hedayat says.
希达亚特指出：医院里的电线是个大问题，因为你必须给每样设备消毒。