Antiseptic

antiseptic







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a. (形容詞 adjective)



          1.    抗菌的,防腐的

          2.    使用抗菌劑的,使用防腐劑的

                      antiseptic treatment

                      防腐處理

          3.    未受感染的,無菌的,消過毒的

                      The technician had on an antiseptic white jacket.

                      那個技術員穿著消毒白色夾克。

          4.    非常整潔的

          5.    冷淡的,缺乏熱情的

                      He nodded an antiseptic greeting.

                      他冷冷地點頭打了個招呼。



n. (名詞 noun)



          1.    抗菌劑,防腐劑[C]





The Columbia Guide to Standard American English



antiseptic (adj., n.), aseptic (adj.) 

   

The adjectives are partly synonymous, but something that is antiseptic kills bacteria, while something aseptic is“surgically clean or sterile.”



Antiseptic has the primary stress on the third syllable; aseptic has it on the second, with the first syllable rhyming with day.