| 单词 | septic |
| 释义 | septic (once / 3614 pages) adj Septic is connected to dangerous waste products. If your house is not connected to your town or city's sewer, your waste from drains and toilets goes into a septic tank. Derived from a Greek word meaning "rotten," septic can indicate that something is infected. When a hospital patient goes into "septic shock," it means that their body, wracked by an infection, is starting to fail. People in septic shock are victims of a condition called sepsis. WORD FAMILYseptic: antiseptic+/antiseptic: antiseptically, antisepticize, antiseptics/antisepticize: antisepticized USAGE EXAMPLESTheir application requests use of the public sewer, which the organization argues is more environmentally sound than a septic tank. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) No matter, the aunt called in the local farmer with his slurry tank and he drained the septic tank. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) The cause was septic shock, said a son, John Lynch. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj of or relating to or caused by putrefaction the septic action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank 2adj containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms a septic sore throat a septic environment septic sewage Syn|Ant infected unhealthful detrimental to good health abscessedinfected and filled with pus dirty, pestiferouscontaminated with infecting organisms contaminativemaking impure by contact or mixing purulent, pussycontaining pus infectious, infectivecaused by infection or capable of causing infection putrefacient, putrefactivecausing or promoting bacterial putrefaction septicemiccharacteristic of septicemia germyfull of germs or pathological microorganisms antiseptic thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms cleanfree from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits healthfulconducive to good health of body or mind aseptic, sterilefree of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms bactericidal, disinfectant, germicidalpreventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms cleansing, purifyingacting like an antiseptic nonpurulentnot containing pus clean, uninfectedfree from sepsis or infection germfreefree from germs or pathogenic organisms; sterile |
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