单词 | germ-free |
释义 | > as lemmasgerm-free germ-free adj. free of microorganisms, aseptic (also figurative). ΚΠ 1877 C. Graham in Nature 18 Jan. 249/2 Thus the juice heated in a Pasteur flask with the usual precautions against the admission of germ-laden air did not undergo fermentation when freely exposed to germ-free air. 1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise iv. 69 We spend our whole time asking intimate questions of perfect strangers... ‘Are you Sure that your Toilet-Paper is Germ-free?’ 1969 Times 28 Jan. 6/7 The apparatus for the germ-free birth..is designed to make possible a cure for a deficiency disease of the body's immune defence system. 2000 Opera Now Jan. 45/1 It's too antiseptic, theatre in a germ-free glass case with a desperately limited vocabulary of hand movements. < as lemmas |
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