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

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 milk was sterilized and sealed in bottles.
牛奶经过灭菌处理后被封装在瓶子里。
Wires in hospitals are a big issue because you have to sterilize every device, Hedayat says.
希达亚特指出：医院里的电线是个大问题，因为你必须给每样设备消毒。
But should not be relied upon to sterilize water.
但决不可用来消毒饮用水。
A more efficient technique is to sterilize the attracted insects.
一种比较有效的方法是使被吸引的昆虫绝育。
Sterilize baby bottles every day.
每天替婴儿所用的奶瓶消毒。
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。
Sulphur is also used to sterilize equipment
硫也可用来给器材消毒。
This paper introduces a new technique of ozone on line oxidation to sterilize RO filtrated pure water for drinking.
本文介绍了一种盘管在线式臭氧接触氧化处理RO纯水工艺。
I'm gonna sterilize everything when I'm done.
我会把我用的器具消毒的。