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

• This paper mainly presents the strategy of producing male sterile through genetic engineering and its application in vegetable crops.
  本文主要简介了利用基因工程创造雄性不育的策略及在蔬菜作物上的应用。
• Studies and practices have been conducted on breeding procedure for hybridization with Taigu nuclear sterile wheat, development of wheat population with purpose characters, and so on.
  对太谷核不育小麦的杂交选育程序和小麦目标性状群体的建立等方面进行了研究和实践，选出了一套较为简便实用的杂交利用方案。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We need a sterile operating room.
  我们需要一个无菌手术室。
• A comparative study on pollen cytomorphology of male sterile and male fertile Welsh Onion
  雄性不育和可育大葱花粉细胞形态学比较研究
• Inheritance and main agronomic traits of photo-thermo-sensitive genic male sterile line with green-revertible albino leaf were investigated.
  对通过辐射诱变获得的具有白化转绿特性的水稻光温敏核不育突变体的遗传及其生物学特性进行了研究。
• George was sterile.
  乔治没有生育能力。
• 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？