| 单词 | sterile |
| 释义 | sterile —sterilely, adv. —sterility /steuh ril"i tee/, sterileness, n. /ster"il/ or, esp. Brit., /-uyl/, adj. 1. free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments. 2. incapable of producing offspring; not producing offspring. 3. barren; not producing vegetation: sterile soil. 4. Bot. a. noting a plant in which reproductive structures fail to develop. b. bearing no stamens or pistils. 5. not productive of results, ideas, etc.; fruitless. [1545-55; < L sterilis unfruitful] Syn. 2. infecund, unfruitful. Ant. 2, 3. fertile. |
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