sterilizes

英 [ˈsterəlaɪzɪz]

美 [ˈsterəlaɪzɪz]

v.  灭菌; 消毒; 使绝育
sterilize的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

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。

双语例句

• Persistent false rumors, like those that AIDS is not caused by a virus or that polio vaccine sterilizes Muslim girls, have devastated efforts to control other diseases.
  如同艾滋病不是由病毒引起的或脊髓灰质炎疫苗会使穆斯林女孩不育，这样持续的虚假传闻，会破坏大家控制其他疾病的努力。
• A dentist sterilizes his instruments.
  牙科医生给他的器具消毒。
• Forgiveness sterilizes the wound, which permits healing, which releases energy for growth.
  宽恕能洗涤伤口，消毒杀菌，然后愈合，带来成长。
• It spins and dries the clothes and also sterilizes them after that.
  它旋转甩干衣服，然后对其进行消毒。
• Reason suffocates human mind and sterilizes the society; however, it is just the counterwork of reason that keeps the overflow of energy within a healthy limit.
  理性压抑人的思想，阻碍社会的发展，但正是理性的对抗使得极端的能量在合理的界限内发挥作用。