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

Root-derived
sterilroot
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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.

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