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sterilized

/ster-uh-lahyz/US // ˈstɛr əˌlaɪz //UK // (ˈstɛrɪˌlaɪz) //

已消毒,已灭菌,已消毒的,经过消毒的

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ster·i·lized, ster·i·liz·ing.

    • : to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
    • : to destroy the ability of to reproduce by removing the sex organs or inhibiting their functions.
    • : to make barren or unproductive.
    • : Informal. to delete or remove anything comprising or damaging from: to sterilize a government document before releasing it to the press.
    • : Informal. to isolate or completely protect from unwanted, unauthorized, or unwholesome activities, attitudes, influences, etc.: You can't sterilize children against violence.

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  • With one type of immunity, called sterilizing immunity, the virus never gets a chance to begin replicating and never infects a cell.

  • When you’re able to do that and you can sterilize the environment, you’re going to have a better opportunity with a smaller group like that to limit the spread of the virus.

  • Banks were ordered to sterilize notes using either heat or UV light and then store the notes for 14 days before releasing the money into circulation.

  • The most extreme example was where the polio vaccine was said to be a plot to sterilize women in Nigeria in 2003.

  • When scientists figured out an efficient way to tweak a fruit fly’s natural DNA, reported in 1982, hopes rose for genetically sterilizing male pest insects.

  • The effort to sterilize his image first began when Epstein hired Los Angeles-based spin doctors Sitrick Co.

  • The pro-Palestinian group held up one ugly poster: Israelis Sterilize Blacks.

  • Having the jars, covers, and rings in perfect condition, the next thing is to wash and sterilize them.

  • If bottles are employed, be very careful to sterilize both bottles and corks.

  • In canning sauce fill the jars with the hot sauce and sterilize 12 minutes in hot-water bath.

  • If soft ripe, sterilize 16 minutes in hot-water bath; if flesh is very firm, 25 minutes.

  • Then keep up a temperature that will allow the food to boil quietly for a period long enough to cook it soft and sterilize it.

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