sterile

英 [ˈsteraɪl]

美 [ˈsterəl]

adj.  不能生育的; 不育的; 无菌的; 消过毒的; 无结果的; 没有实际价值的

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Collins.1 / BNC.9882 / COCA.9354

牛津词典

adj.

• 不能生育的；不育的
  not able to produce children or young animals
• 无菌的；消过毒的
  completely clean and free from bacteria
  1. sterile bandages
     消毒绷带
  2. sterile water
     消毒过的水
• 无结果的；没有实际价值的
  not producing any useful result
  1. a sterile debate
     没有结果的辩论
• 刻板的；无个性的；缺乏新意的
  lacking individual personality, imagination or new ideas
  1. The room felt cold and sterile.
     那房间让人觉得阴冷而没有生气。
  2. He felt creatively and emotionally sterile.
     他感觉自己既缺乏创造力又没有充沛的感情。
• 贫瘠的
  not good enough to produce crops

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 消过毒的;无菌的
  Something that issterileis completely clean and free from germs.
  1. He always made sure that any cuts were protected by sterile dressings...
     他总是坚持要用无菌纱布包扎伤口。
  2. Urine is sterile.
     尿液是无菌的。
• ADJ 无生殖能力的;不育的
  A person or animal that issterileis unable to have or produce babies.
  1. George was sterile.
     乔治没有生育能力。
  2. ...a sterile male.
     没有生育能力的男子
• ADJ-GRADED 无生气的;缺乏新意的
  Asterilesituation is lacking in energy and new ideas.
  1. Too much time has been wasted in sterile debate.
     在毫无新意的辩论上已经浪费了太多时间。

英英释义

adj

• deficient in originality or creativity
  1. a sterile ideology lacking in originality
  2. unimaginative development of a musical theme
  3. uninspired writing
  Synonym:unimaginativeuninspireduninventive
• incapable of reproducing
  1. an infertile couple
  Synonym:unfertileinfertile
• free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
  1. a sterile operating area
  2. aseptic surgical instruments
  3. aseptic surgical techniques
  Synonym:aseptic

双语例句

• Plant cell and tissue cultures must be initiated and maintained in a sterile environment.
  植物细胞和组织培养必须在无菌情况下开始和持续进行。
• The food crops are sterile and can be completely organic. What food can come with cheese?
  系统内生产的食用植物都是无菌的，而且可以做到完全的有机种植。译文：什么食物能和奶酪搭配食用？
• Moreover, the potential application for blue marker sterile lines in population improvement and hybrid production is discussed.
  探讨了矮败蓝粒小麦在群体改良和杂种小麦生产中的应用。
• The processes of meiotic division of pollen mother cells were compared between male sterile plants and male fertile ones.
  以萝卜雄性不育株与可育株为试材，比较研究了不育与可育花粉母细胞的减数分裂过程。
• However, this is an opportunity for sterile woman on condition that surrogate and sterile couples reached an agreement.
  然而，只要代理孕母和不孕夫妻能达成共识，这将是不孕妇女的一个机会。
• These forms are highly sterile, as would be expected of triploids and of autotetraploids derived from basic deploids.
  这些类型都是高度不育的，正如由基本的二倍体衍生三倍体和同源四倍体一样。
• Tired of the sterile look of chrome and tile many people are choosing the warmth of wood again.
  人们厌倦了毫无生气的铬金属材料和瓷砖，再一次选择了有温暖感的木质材料。
• Use clean or sterile technique for catheterization.
  在导尿术中运用清洁或无菌技术。
• The stem segments of the sterile seedlings were used as the explants to study the rapid propagation in vitro.
  用何首乌种子经表面消毒后进行无菌发芽并建立了无菌材料，以无菌实生苗茎段作外植体进行离体快繁研究。
• We need a sterile operating room.
  我们需要一个无菌手术室。