sterile

英 [ˈsteraɪl]

美 [ˈsterəl]

adj.  不能生育的; 不育的; 无菌的; 消过毒的; 无结果的; 没有实际价值的

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Collins.1 / BNC.9882 / COCA.9354

牛津词典

adj.

• 不能生育的；不育的
  not able to produce children or young animals
• 无菌的；消过毒的
  completely clean and free from bacteria
  1. sterile bandages
     消毒绷带
  2. sterile water
     消毒过的水
• 无结果的；没有实际价值的
  not producing any useful result
  1. a sterile debate
     没有结果的辩论
• 刻板的；无个性的；缺乏新意的
  lacking individual personality, imagination or new ideas
  1. The room felt cold and sterile.
     那房间让人觉得阴冷而没有生气。
  2. He felt creatively and emotionally sterile.
     他感觉自己既缺乏创造力又没有充沛的感情。
• 贫瘠的
  not good enough to produce crops

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 消过毒的;无菌的
  Something that issterileis completely clean and free from germs.
  1. He always made sure that any cuts were protected by sterile dressings...
     他总是坚持要用无菌纱布包扎伤口。
  2. Urine is sterile.
     尿液是无菌的。
• ADJ 无生殖能力的;不育的
  A person or animal that issterileis unable to have or produce babies.
  1. George was sterile.
     乔治没有生育能力。
  2. ...a sterile male.
     没有生育能力的男子
• ADJ-GRADED 无生气的;缺乏新意的
  Asterilesituation is lacking in energy and new ideas.
  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。

英英释义

adj

• deficient in originality or creativity
  1. a sterile ideology lacking in originality
  2. unimaginative development of a musical theme
  3. uninspired writing
  Synonym:unimaginativeuninspireduninventive
• incapable of reproducing
  1. an infertile couple
  Synonym:unfertileinfertile
• free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
  1. a sterile operating area
  2. aseptic surgical instruments
  3. aseptic surgical techniques
  Synonym:aseptic

双语例句

• Inheritance and main agronomic traits of photo-thermo-sensitive genic male sterile line with green-revertible albino leaf were investigated.
  对通过辐射诱变获得的具有白化转绿特性的水稻光温敏核不育突变体的遗传及其生物学特性进行了研究。
• Moreover, the potential application for blue marker sterile lines in population improvement and hybrid production is discussed.
  探讨了矮败蓝粒小麦在群体改良和杂种小麦生产中的应用。
• The processes of meiotic division of pollen mother cells were compared between male sterile plants and male fertile ones.
  以萝卜雄性不育株与可育株为试材，比较研究了不育与可育花粉母细胞的减数分裂过程。
• The influence of different male sterile cytoplasms upon sorghum main agronomic traits was studied by using incomplete diallel cross.
  采用不完全双列杂交的方法，研究了不同雄性不育细胞质对高粱主要农艺性状的影响。
• The source of pepper cytoplasm male sterile and results of cytology, biochemical investigation on abortion were reviewed.
  对目前国内外已报道的胞质雄性不育的来源、败育的细胞学、生化研究结果进行了综述。
• Free from germs or pathogenic organisms; sterile.
  去除细菌和致病生物的；消过毒的。
• Studies and practices have been conducted on breeding procedure for hybridization with Taigu nuclear sterile wheat, development of wheat population with purpose characters, and so on.
  对太谷核不育小麦的杂交选育程序和小麦目标性状群体的建立等方面进行了研究和实践，选出了一套较为简便实用的杂交利用方案。
• My husband had cancer and is sterile, can you help us?
  我丈夫患了癌症而且没有生育能力，你能帮助我们吗？
• 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。
• This paper mainly presents the strategy of producing male sterile through genetic engineering and its application in vegetable crops.
  本文主要简介了利用基因工程创造雄性不育的策略及在蔬菜作物上的应用。