sterile
🇬🇧 UK/'sterail/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions
adj.
Free from living microorganisms; unable to reproduce; lacking creativity or originality
无菌的;不育的;枯燥无味的
🧩 Root Breakdown
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esuffix
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Common Collocations
- 1.sterile environment无菌环境
- 2.sterile technique无菌操作
- 3.sterile debate毫无成效的争论
- 4.sterile conditions无菌条件
Example Sentences
- 1.
All surgical instruments must be completely sterile before an operation begins.
- 2.
The debate was sterile, going in circles without producing any new ideas.
- 3.
The couple discovered that one of them was sterile after years of trying to conceive.