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

Sterilize baby bottles every day.
每天替婴儿所用的奶瓶消毒。
The utility model can fast dry clothes and sterilize and add perfume for the clothes, and can be used extremely convenient.
本实用新型可快速烘干服饰并同时进行杀菌消毒和加香，使用非常方便。
Family do not use microwave to sterilize buy disinfecting cabinet, very cheap.
家庭不使用微波消毒柜消毒购买，非常便宜。
Major potential problem areas include aseptic removal of the BPC from the centrifuge, manual transfer to drying trays and mills, and the inability to sterilize the dryer.
主要的潜在的问题区域包括离心机原料药的无菌除去，手动移动托盘和粉碎机，和无能力将干燥器灭菌。
Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
在用注射毒剂的方式执行死刑时，为什么还要消毒针头？
Eg. he boiled his syringe and fired his knife to sterilize them.
他把注射器放到水中煮，把刀子放在火上烧来进行消毒。
The milk was sterilized and sealed in bottles.
牛奶经过灭菌处理后被封装在瓶子里。
Irradiation can also sterilize meat.
辐射还能对肉类进行消毒。
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。
I'm gonna sterilize everything when I'm done.
我会把我用的器具消毒的。