sterile
英 ['steraɪl]
美 ['stɛrəl]
- adj. 不育的；无菌的；贫瘠的；不毛的；枯燥乏味的
TEM4 GRE TOEFL
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.
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。
- 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.
- 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》
