单词	sterilize
释义	sterilizester‧il‧ize (also sterilise British English) /ˈsterəlaɪz/ verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE sterilize Simple Form Present I, you, we, they sterilize he, she, it sterilizes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they sterilized Present perfect I, you, we, they have sterilized he, she, it has sterilized Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had sterilized Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will sterilize Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have sterilized Continuous Form Present I am sterilizing he, she, it is sterilizing you, we, they are sterilizing Past I, he, she, it was sterilizing you, we, they were sterilizing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been sterilizing he, she, it has been sterilizing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been sterilizing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be sterilizing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been sterilizing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Sterilize the needle in boiling water. Babies' bottles can be sterilized simply by boiling them in water. Has the needle been sterilized? EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS After all, it is illegal to grow hemp in the United States, though sterilized hempseeds may be imported legally. Lakes and ponds were tapped, water from the Lys sterilized and stored in barges, and cisterns built to trap rainwater. Ordinary chlorine bleach kills the virus on contact and can be used to sterilize needles between uses. Place lemons in a sterilized jar and sprinkle with remaining 21 / 2 tablespoons salt. The largest mineral resource deliberately sterilized by the process was the Windy Craggy copper property in the remote northwestern corner of B.C. The National Fertility Survey found that out of the total of women using contraception, 52.5% had been sterilized. There is no need to launder bedding or sterilize clothing. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorwhen you keep things clean to prevent disease► hygiene the practice of keeping yourself and the place where you live or work clean, so that diseases cannot spread: · Restaurants may be closed down if they fail to maintain minimum standards of hygiene.· Schools should have policies to ensure good hygiene in kitchen areas.personal hygiene (=the practice of keeping your body clean): · A healthy lifestyle includes having a nutritious diet and good personal hygiene. ► disinfect to use chemicals to clean a place, a piece of equipment, or a wound, in order to prevent disease: · The nurse cleaned and disinfected the cuts on his hands.· Disinfect the toilet regularly using bleach. ► sterilize also sterilise British to make something safe to use by heating it or using chemicals, in order to kill all bacteria and prevent disease - use this about medical or scientific equipment, or babies' bottles: · Has the needle been sterilized?· Babies' bottles can be sterilized simply by boiling them in water. WORD SETS► Birth afterbirth, nounantenatal, adjectiveartificial insemination, nounbaby blues, nounbarren, adjectivebarrier method, nounbear, verbbirth control, nounbreast-feed, verbbreech birth, nouncaesarean, nouncap, nounchildbearing, nounchildbirth, nounconceive, verbconfinement, nouncontraception, nouncontraction, nounC-section, noundeliver, verbdelivery, noundiaphragm, nounDutch cap, nounembryo, nounembryology, nouneugenics, nounfamily planning, nounfertility, nounfertility drug, nounfertilize, verbfetal, adjectivefetus, nounfoetal position, nounfoetus, nounfull-term, adjectivegestation, noungonad, nounincubator, nouninduce, verbinduction, nouninfant mortality rate, nouninfertile, adjectiveIUD, nounIVF, nounmaternal, adjectivematernity, nounmidwife, nounmidwifery, nounmilk, nounmiscarriage, nounmiscarry, verbmorning-after pill, nounmorning sickness, nounmother-to-be, nounmum-to-be, nounnatal, adjectivenatural, adjectivenatural childbirth, nounneuter, verbnurse, verbobstetrics, nounoral contraceptive, nounoviduct, nounovulate, verbovum, nounperinatal, adjectivepostnatal, adjectivepreemie, nounpregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectivepresentation, nounprocreate, verbproduce, verbquickening, nounreproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverhythm method, nounspay, verbsterile, adjectivesterilize, verbstillbirth, nounstillborn, adjectivestretch mark, nounsurrogate mother, nounswaddle, verbswaddling clothes, nountermination, nountest-tube baby, nountrimester, nounultrasound, nounumbilical cord, noununborn, adjectivewean, verbzygote, noun 1to make something completely clean by killing any bacteria in it:  Sterilize the bottles with boiling water. sterilized milk sterilizing solution2if a person or animal is sterilized, they have an operation to stop them producing babies—sterilizer noun [countable]:  an electric sterilizer—sterilization /ˌsterəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -lə-/ noun [countable, uncountable]
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