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

• 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。
• 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。
• The influence of different male sterile cytoplasms upon sorghum main agronomic traits was studied by using incomplete diallel cross.
  采用不完全双列杂交的方法，研究了不同雄性不育细胞质对高粱主要农艺性状的影响。
• 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。
• We need a sterile operating room.
  我们需要一个无菌手术室。
• My husband had cancer and is sterile, can you help us?
  我丈夫患了癌症而且没有生育能力，你能帮助我们吗？
• 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 development process and spore sterile culture of Pteris wallichiana Agardh.
  研究了西南凤尾蕨的发育过程和孢子的无菌培养方法。
• 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。
• Free from germs or pathogenic organisms; sterile.
  去除细菌和致病生物的；消过毒的。