查词 - sterile

sterile

ˈsteraɪl adj

1 a person or animal that is sterile cannot produce babies 不能生育的，不育的;

make/render/leave sb sterile

Radiotherapy has left her permanently sterile.

放射疗法造成她终身不育。

2 completely clean and not containing any BACTERIA that might cause infection 无菌的，消过毒的

sterile equipment/water/bandages etc

Rinse the eye with sterile water.

用消毒过的水冲洗眼睛。

3 lacking new ideas, interest, or imagination 刻板的，缺乏新意（想象力）的

sterile argument/debate etc

the increasingly sterile debate on political reform

越来越缺乏新意的有关政治改革的辩论

4 a sterile building, room etc is not interesting or attractive and is often very plain 〔建筑、房间等〕呆板的，乏味的

The classrooms are sterile, with no artwork on the walls.

这些教室没有生气，墙上一张画都没有。

5 sterile land cannot be used to grow crops 〔土地〕贫瘠的，不毛的，不长植物的