sterile

英['steraɪl] 美['stɛrəl]
  • adj. 不育的;无菌的;贫瘠的;不毛的;枯燥乏味的

词态变化


名词: sterility;

助记提示


1. *ster- / *star- "stiff, rigid" => stare.
2. => look fixedly at, look at sb / sth stiffly or rigidly.
3. *ster- / *star- "stiff, rigid" => developed figurative sense "sterile, barren".
4. *ster- / *star- => *ster- + -ile => sterile.
5. => barren, unproductive, not producing fruit.

中文词源


sterile 土地贫瘠的,不育的,灭菌的,消毒的

来自拉丁语 sterilis,土地贫瘠的,无收获的,无产出的,来自 PIE*ster,固定的,坚固的,僵 硬的,词源同 stern,stark.后用于比喻义指无生育的,以及杀过菌的,消过毒的。

英文词源


sterile
sterile: [16] Sterile is a word of ancient ancestry, which goes right back to the prehistoric Indo- European base *ster- (source also of Greek stériphos and Gothic stairō ‘infertile’). The Latin descendant of the base was sterilis, acquired by English via French stérile.
sterile (adj.)
mid-15c., "barren," from Middle French stérile "not producing fruit," from Latin sterilis "barren, unproductive, unfruitful; unrequited; unprofitable," from PIE *ster- (1) "stiff, rigid, firm, strong" (see stereo-). Also see torpor. Originally in English with reference to soil; of persons (chiefly females), from 1530s. The sense of "sterilized, free from living germs" is first recorded 1877.

双语例句


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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Urine is sterile.
尿液是无菌的。

来自柯林斯例句

3. George was sterile.
乔治没有生育能力。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The room felt cold and sterile.
那房间让人觉得阴冷而没有生气。

来自《权威词典》

5. This top fits over the bottle and keeps the teat sterile.
这个盖子严实地盖在奶瓶上,保持奶嘴无菌.

来自《简明英汉词典》