单词 | pasteurize |
释义 | pasteurizev. 1. transitive. To subject (milk, wine, food, etc.) to pasteurization. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > disinfecting > disinfect [verb (transitive)] > sterilize > pasteurize pasteurize1881 Pasteur1892 1881 Pharmaceut. Jrnl. & Trans. 29 Oct. 358 Beer..previously ‘pasteurized’... At the end of three weeks..the pasteurized sample remained quite bright. 1927 H. E. Ross Care & Handling of Milk viii. 101 Flash pasteurization is often used in pasteurizing milk and cream for manufacturing purposes. 1945 ABC of Cookery (Min. of Food) vi. 19 Unless milk has come from a herd of tuberculin tested cows or has been pasteurized it should be scalded or boiled before drinking. 1966 Proc. Internat. Symp. Food Irradiation (Internat. Atomic Energy Agency) 842 The cost of pasteurizing food (300 000 to 500 000 rads) should be less than one-tenth the cost of radio-sterilization. 1991 Which? Jan. 7/1 This milk is pasteurised..to kill any disease-causing organisms that may be present. ΚΠ 1886 [implied in: Times 21 Oct. 4/6 Hydrophobia mortality fluctuates widely... What value then for or against Pasteurization can attach to the returns of a single year? (at pasteurization n. 1)]. 1890 Cent. Dict. Pasteurize, to subject to the process of Pasteurism. 3. transitive. figurative. To render bland or uncontroversial; to sanitize. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > weaken [verb (transitive)] water1529 emasculate1608 wire-draw1660 to water down1832 to write down1876 sanitize1934 pasteurize1951 saccharinize1971 1951 Amer. Lit. 22 416 The old exuberance of an earlier America is in the poem, though pasteurized and made acceptable to genteel aspiration. 1985 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 27 July (Tempo section) 10 While most black singers these days are going for the crossover market, slicking up and pasteurizing the product, LaBelle continues to epitomize raw soul. 2003 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 11 Mar. 8 Officialdom is pasteurising every aspect of our lives. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1881 |
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