sterile 音標拼音: [st'ɛrəl]
a . 不毛的,不孕的,無菌的,貧瘠的,無效的,枯燥的
不毛的,不孕的,無菌的,貧瘠的,無效的,枯燥的
sterile adj 1 :
incapable of reproducing ; "
an infertile couple " [
synonym :
{
sterile }, {
unfertile }, {
infertile }] [
ant : {
fertile }]
2 :
free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms ; "
a sterile operating area "; "
aseptic surgical instruments "; "
aseptic surgical techniques " [
synonym : {
aseptic },
{
sterile }]
3 :
deficient in originality or creativity ;
lacking powers of invention ; "
a sterile ideology lacking in originality ";
"
unimaginative development of a musical theme "; "
uninspired writing " [
synonym : {
sterile }, {
unimaginative }, {
uninspired },
{
uninventive }]
Sterile \
Ster "
ile \,
a . [
F .
st ['
e ]
rile ,
L .
sterilis ,
akin to Gr .
stereo `
s stiff ,
solid ,
stei ^
ros barren ,
stei ^
ra a cow that has not calved ,
Goth .
stair [=
o ],
fem .,
barren .
See {
Stare }
to gaze .]
1 .
Producing little or no crop ;
barren ;
unfruitful ;
unproductive ;
not fertile ;
as ,
sterile land ;
a sterile desert ;
a sterile year .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Biol .)
(
a )
Incapable of reproduction ;
unfitted for reproduction of offspring ;
not able to germinate or bear fruit ;
unfruitful ;
as ,
a sterile flower ,
which bears only stamens .
(
b )
Free from reproductive spores or germs ;
as ,
a sterile fluid .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Fig .:
Barren of ideas ;
destitute of sentiment ;
as ,
a sterile production or author .
[
1913 Webster ]
137 Moby Thesaurus words for "
sterile ":
abortive ,
acarpous ,
antiseptic ,
arid ,
aseptic ,
bare ,
barren ,
blah ,
blank ,
bloodless ,
boiled ,
bootless ,
celibate ,
characterless ,
childless ,
cold ,
colorless ,
counterproductive ,
dead ,
decontaminated ,
desert ,
desolate ,
disinfected ,
dismal ,
draggy ,
drained ,
drearisome ,
dreary ,
dried -
up ,
dry ,
dryasdust ,
dull ,
dusty ,
effete ,
elephantine ,
empty ,
etiolated ,
exhausted ,
fade ,
fallow ,
fatuitous ,
fatuous ,
feckless ,
flat ,
fruitless ,
futile ,
gainless ,
gaunt ,
gelded ,
heavy ,
ho -
hum ,
hollow ,
hygienic ,
impotent ,
inadequate ,
inane ,
ineffective ,
ineffectual ,
inefficacious ,
inexcitable ,
infecund ,
infertile ,
inoperative ,
insipid ,
invalid ,
issueless ,
jejune ,
leached ,
leaden ,
lifeless ,
low -
spirited ,
menopausal ,
noncreative ,
nonfertile ,
nonproducing ,
nonproductive ,
nonprolific ,
nonremunerative ,
nugacious ,
nugatory ,
of no force ,
otiose ,
pale ,
pallid ,
pasteurized ,
pedestrian ,
plodding ,
pointless ,
poky ,
ponderous ,
profitless ,
prophylactic ,
pure ,
rewardless ,
sanitary ,
sine prole ,
slow ,
solemn ,
spiritless ,
stale ,
sterilized ,
stiff ,
stodgy ,
stuffy ,
sucked dry ,
superficial ,
tasteless ,
tedious ,
teemless ,
unavailing ,
uncontaminated ,
uncreative ,
uncultivated ,
unfertile ,
unfruitful ,
uninfected ,
uninspired ,
uninventive ,
unlively ,
unplowed ,
unpolluted ,
unproductive ,
unprofitable ,
unprolific ,
unremunerative ,
unrewarding ,
unsown ,
untilled ,
useless ,
vain ,
vapid ,
virgin ,
waste ,
wasted ,
without issue ,
wooden ,
worn -
out
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