| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_to-make-something-clean |
| 释义 | to make something cleanThese words are all used to refer to making something clean by removing dirt, bacteria, or dangerous substances from it. Clean is used very generally to refer to removing dirt or other things that can make you ill from something in order to improve it. You'll need to clean the wound before you bandage it. These purifiers clean the air in a room. If you cleanse something, you completely remove all of a substance that you do not want from it. The herb is supposed to cleanse the body of toxins. The restaurant serves lemon sherbet between courses to cleanse the palate(= to get the taste of the previous course out of your mouth). The verb disinfect is used specifically to refer to cleaning something with a substance that kills bacteria and other germs which can cause disease. We disinfected the doorknobs with antibac wipes. The wound must be thoroughly disinfected. The word sanitize is similar. It is used when you make something completely clean, usually by using a special substance or a special cleaning process, so that no bacteria or other germs are on it. Sanitize is used especially in technical contexts. The UK English spelling of this word is usually sanitise. Test tubes must be washed and sanitized before use. Sterilize is used to describe removing all dirt, bacteria, and germs from items, usually by using a special process. Sterilize is used especially of cooking or bottling equipment, such as jam jars or bottles. The UK English spelling of this word is usually sterilise. The lab equipment was thoroughly sterilized before use. UKYou can sterilise your jam jars in your dishwasher. When you purify something, you make it cleaner and purer by removing bad or harmful substances from it. Purify is used most often to refer to cleaning water or air and making it healthy. Plants cut down on pollution and help purify the air. If you have to drink water from a stream while hiking, use water-purifying tablets. Decontaminate is used to describe making someone or something clean by removing harmful or dangerous substances from them or it using special processes. Decontaminate is the only word in this group that can be used of people, though it is most often used of things or places. Victims of the chemical attack had to be decontaminated in specially built outdoor showers. The site was so heavily polluted that it had to be decontaminated before the school could be built there. Related articlesfree from dirt to clean something |
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