sterile
sterile
adjective
sterilely
adverb
sterility
noun
语源
adjective
- not able to produce children or young
不生子的，不育的
the disease had made him sterile.
疾病已使他不能生育。
■(of a plant) not able to produce fruit or seeds
（植物）不结果实的，不长种子的，不育的
■(of land or soil) too poor in quality to produce crops
（土地，土壤）不长植物的，贫瘠的
■lacking in imagination, creativity, or excitement; uninspiring or unproductive
缺乏想象（或创造力、兴奋）的；枯燥无味的；无结果的
he found the fraternity's teachings sterile.
他发现兄弟会的学说索然无味。 - free from bacteria or other living micro-organisms; totally clean
无菌的，经过灭菌的；纯净的
a sterile needle and syringes.
消过毒的针和注射器。
sterilely
adverb
sterility
noun
语源
- late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin sterilis; related to Greek steira 'barren cow'. Sense 2 dates from the late 19th cent
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