sterile

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
- a sterile operating area
- aseptic surgical instruments
- aseptic surgical techniques
• Syn:
aseptic
• Similar to:
antiseptic
• Derivationally related forms:
sterileness, sterility, asepsis (for: aseptic)
2. incapable of reproducing
- an infertile couple
• Syn:
unfertile, infertile
• Ant:
fertile
• Similar to:
barren, sterilized, sterilised, unfertilized, unfertilised, unimpregnated
• See Also:
unfruitful, impotent, unproductive
• Derivationally related forms:
infertility (for: infertile), sterility
• Attrubites:
fertility, fecundity
3. deficient in originality or creativity;
lacking powers of invention
- a sterile ideology lacking in originality
- unimaginative development of a musical theme
- uninspired writing
• Syn:
unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive
• Similar to:
uncreative

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive, aseptic, unfertile, infertile