sterilization

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n. 使成不毛, 无用状态, 杀菌, 绝育 [化] 消毒

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词形变化

sterilizations 复数 sterilizations

别名

sterilisation

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms.

    杀菌

    灭菌

    美国 不可数 可数

    Heat sterilization is used during canning so the food can be safely stored for long periods.

  2. 2.

    A procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing.

    绝育

    美国 不可数 可数

    Spaying a cat is a form of sterilization to limit the population growth.

  3. 3.

    An instance of a sterilization procedure.

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    The vet performed several sterilizations this week.

  4. 4.

    A monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention.

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    The Federal Reserve is responsible for foreign exchange sterilization.

  5. 5.

    The process of permanently rendering a planet like Earth completely uninhabitable to all life, including even microbes, leading to their complete extinction.

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    In about 1 billion years, the increasing heat from the Sun as it gradually ages, by triggering a runaway greenhouse effect that will boil away the oceans, will lead to the complete sterilization of all life on Earth.

词汇关系

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同义词 1

sterilisation

上位词 6

operation surgery cleaning cleanup cleansing surgical procedure

下位词 5

fixing altering neutering pasteurisation pasteurization

词源

From sterile + -ization or sterilize + -ation.

来源：wiktionary