biocide

n. 杀虫剂

发音

UK /ˈbaɪəʊsaɪd/
US /ˈbaɪoʊsaɪd/

词形变化

biocides 复数 biocides

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any action or substance that can destroy living organisms.

    可数 不可数

    [T]here is the inability of the Christian world to respond in any effective way to the destruction of the planet. […] There is this terrible lack of concern for biocide or geocide. We have no moral principles to deal with them. […] Somehow, when I was quite young, I saw the beginning of biocide and geocide.

词源

From bio- + -cide.

来源：wiktionary