sterilize
🇺🇸
/ˈsterəlaɪz/
🇬🇧
/ˈsterəlaɪz/
verb
R
to clean something completely by removing all bacteria or viruses
The doctor sterilized the medical instruments before surgery.
醫生在手術前對醫療器械進行了消毒。
R
to make someone or an animal unable to have children by removing or blocking their reproductive organs
The cat was sterilized to control the pet population.
這隻貓被絕育了，以控制寵物數量。
translation
消毒, 絕育
詞形變化
3rd Present
sterilizes
Past
sterilized
Perfect
sterilized
Progressive
sterilizing