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

A tank-like device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or sterilize surgical instruments.
加热物体使其到达沸点的坦克形状的设备；用于制造化学药品或外科杀菌工具。
The milk was sterilized and sealed in bottles.
牛奶经过灭菌处理后被封装在瓶子里。
I'm gonna sterilize everything when I'm done.
我会把我用的器具消毒的。
The utility model relates to a processing device which uses microwave to dry and sterilize plates.
本实用新型涉及利用微波对板材进行干燥杀菌的处理设备。
The first aim is to sterilize it ( to kill any disease-carrying organisms it may contain).
第一个目标是灭菌（杀死水中可能含有带病菌的任何有机体）。
Antiseptic is used to sterilize the skin before giving an injection.
杀菌剂被用于在注射前给皮肤消毒。
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？
Wriggle pump filling system is convenient to clean, sterilize.
灌装系统为蠕动泵、清洁、消毒方便、生产稳定。
You can't sterilize children against violence.
你不可能让孩子们彻底远离暴力。
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。