sterilize

1. V-T If you sterilize a thing or a place, you make it completely clean and free from germs. 给…消毒

Sulphur is also used to sterilize equipment. 硫磺也用来给设备消毒。

2. sterilizationN-UNCOUNT 消毒

...the pasteurization and sterilization of milk. …牛奶的巴氏消毒和灭菌处理。

3. V-T If a person or an animal is sterilized, they have a medical operation that makes it impossible for them to have or produce babies. 给…做绝育手术[usu passive]

My wife was sterilized after the birth of her fourth child. 我妻子在生了第4个孩子后，做了绝育手术。

4. sterilizationN-VAR 绝育手术

In some cases, a sterilization is performed through the vaginal wall. 在有些情况下，绝育手术是穿过阴道壁进行的。