English-Thai Dictionary

sterile

ADJ ปราศจาก เชื้อ  pad-sa-jak-chue-rok

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STERILE

Ster "ile, a. Etym: [F. stérile, L. sterilis, akin to Gr. stereo `s stiff, solid, stei ^ros barren, stei ^ra a cow that has not calved, Goth. stairo, 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.

 

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.

 

3. Fig. : Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a sterile production or author.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sterile

ster ile |ˈsterəl ˈstɛrəl | ▶adjective 1 not able to produce children or young: the disease had made him sterile. • (of a plant ) not able to produce fruit or seeds. • (of land or soil ) too poor in quality to produce crops. • lacking in imagination, creativity, or excitement; uninspiring or unproductive: he found the fraternity's teachings sterile. 2 free from bacteria or other living microorganisms; totally clean: a sterile needle and syringes. DERIVATIVES ster ile ly |ˈsterə (l )lē |adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin sterilis; related to Greek steira ‘barren cow. ’ Sense 2 dates from the late 19th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

sterile

ster |ile |ˈstɛrʌɪl | ▶adjective 1 not able to produce children or young: the disease had made him sterile. • (of a plant ) not able to produce fruit or seeds. • (of land or soil ) too poor in quality to produce crops. • lacking in imagination, creativity, or excitement; uninspiring or unproductive: he found the fraternity's teachings sterile. 2 free from bacteria or other living microorganisms; totally clean: a sterile needle and syringes. DERIVATIVES sterilely adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin sterilis; related to Greek steira ‘barren cow ’. Sense 2 dates from the late 19th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sterile

sterile adjective 1 mules are sterile: infertile, unable to reproduce /conceive, unable to have children /young; archaic barren. ANTONYMS fertile, fecund. 2 sterile desert: unproductive, infertile, unfruitful, uncultivatable, barren. ANTONYMS fertile, productive, rich. 3 a sterile debate: pointless, unproductive, unfruitful, unrewarding, useless, unprofitable, profitless, futile, vain, idle; archaic bootless. ANTONYMS fruitful. 4 sterile academicism: unimaginative, uninspired, uninspiring, unoriginal, stale, lifeless, musty, phlegmatic. ANTONYMS creative, original. 5 sterile conditions: aseptic, sterilized, germ-free, antiseptic, disinfected; uncontaminated, unpolluted, pure, clean; sanitary, hygienic. ANTONYMS septic. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See sanitary . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sterile

sterile adjective 1 the treatment left her sterile: infertile; childless; technical infecund; archaic barren. ANTONYMS fertile, fecund. 2 vast tracts of sterile desert land: unproductive, infertile, unfruitful, uncultivatable; arid, dry, barren, lifeless, desert. ANTONYMS rich, fertile, productive. 3 a sterile debate: pointless, profitless, unproductive, unfruitful, fruitless, unrewarding, abortive, unsuccessful, ineffectual, ineffective, worthless, useless, unprofitable, futile, vain, idle; archaic bootless; rare unfructuous. ANTONYMS fruitful. 4 sterile academicism: unimaginative, uninspired, uninspiring, unoriginal, derivative, stale, lifeless, musty. ANTONYMS creative, original. 5 the cells can be propagated in sterile conditions: aseptic, sterilized, germ-free, antiseptic, disinfected, uninfected, uncontaminated, unpolluted, pure, clean; sanitary, hygienic. ANTONYMS septic.

 

French Dictionary

stérile

stérile adj. adjectif 1 Qui ne produit pas de fruits. : Une terre stérile. SYNONYME aride ; désertique . ANTONYME fécond ; fertile . 2 Qui ne peut se reproduire. : Un homme stérile. 3 Exempt de microbes. : Un pansement stérile. Note Orthographique stéri l e.

 

stérilet

stérilet n. m. nom masculin Dispositif anticonceptionnel. Note Orthographique stérile t.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sterile

ster ile /stér (ə )l |-raɪl /形容詞 比較なし /3 はmore ～; most ～1 〈動物 人などが 〉子ができない , 不妊の ; 〈植物などが 〉繁殖力のない , 実を結ばない (↔fertile )▸ The abortion left her sterile .妊娠中絶のために彼女は子供ができない体になった 2 〈土地などが 〉不毛の , やせた ; 〈考え 議論 文章などが 〉不毛の , 新鮮味に乏しい , むだな , 想像力に欠けた ; 〈建物 場所などが 〉おもしろみのない , 魅力のない ▸ sterile land 不毛の土地 ▸ a sterile argument 実りのない議論 3 無菌の , 殺菌した ▸ sterile culture 無菌培養 ▸ a sterile dressing 殺菌した包帯 ～ly 副詞