单词 | disinfect |
释义 | disinfect/dɪsɪnˈfɛkt![]() verb [with object] Clean (something), especially with a chemical, in order to destroy bacteria: he disinfected and dressed the cut on his forehead chlorine has been used to disinfect water in pools for many years...
Synonyms sterilize, sanitize, clean, cleanse, purify, decontaminate; fumigate; pasteurize technical autoclave rare deterge, depollute, depurate OriginLate 16th century (in the sense 'rid of infection'): from French désinfecter, from dés- (expressing reversal) + infecter 'to infect'. |
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