a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues
Adjective:
thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms;"doctors in antiseptic green coats" "the antiseptic effect of alcohol" "it is said that marjoram has antiseptic qualities"
clean and honest;"antiseptic financial practices"
freeing from error or corruption;"the antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism"
devoid of objectionable language;"lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School"
中英词源
antiseptic 防腐剂
前缀anti-, 相对，相反。词根sept, 腐烂，见aseptic, 防腐剂。
antiseptic (adj.)
1750, coined from anti- "against" + septic. Figurative use by 1820. As a noun meaning "an antiseptic substance" by 1803.
词态变化
复数 antiseptics; 比较级 more antiseptic; 最高级 most antiseptic;
权威造句
1. Thyme tea can be used by adults for its antiseptic qualities.
百里香茶的杀菌功效可用于成人。
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2. She bathed the cut with antiseptic.
她用消毒剂浸洗伤口。
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3. These vegetables and herbs have strong antiseptic qualities.
这些蔬菜和草本植物有很强的杀菌性。
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4. Once an abscess has burst It"should be bathed with antiseptic liquid.
脓包一破溃,就应该用消毒液清洗.
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5. Put a little antiseptic cream on the grazed skin.
