sanitize
verb[T]
(UKusuallysanitise)uk/ˈsæn.ɪ.taɪz/us/ˈsæn.ə.taɪz/sanitizeverb[T](CLEAN)
mainlyUS
to make somethingcompletelycleanandfreefrombacteria
给…消毒；对…进行卫生处理；使清洁to make something clean
- cleanYou'll need to clean the wound before you bandage it.
- cleanseThe herb is supposed to cleanse the body of toxins.
- disinfectWe disinfected the doorknobs with antibac wipes.
- sanitizeTest tubes must be washed and sanitized before use.
- sterilizeThe lab equipment was thoroughly sterilized before use.
- purifyPlants cut down on pollution and help purify the air.
Cleaning generally
- brushsomeone/somethingoff
- cleaner
- cleaning
- cleanse
- cleansing
- groom
- high-touch
- hoovering
- mop
- purification
- purifier
- purify
- rinse
- scrub
- sponge
- squeegee
- steam-clean
- sterilizing
- swill
- washsomethingdown
sanitizeverb[T](CHANGE)
disapproving
tochangesomething inorderto make it lessstronglyexpressed, lessharmful, or lessoffensive:
净化；消除…中过激（或有害、令人不快的）内容Themilitarywantstoallowonly a sanitizedreport/versionof theincidenttobecomepublic.有关该事件，军方希望只公开经过粉饰的报告。
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- bury the ledeidiom
- candy coat
- candy coating
- candy-coated
- circumlocutory
- equivocate
- euphemism
- hedge
- hedging
- implicit
- implicitly
- indirectly
- lede
- mincing
- move offsomething/on (tosomething)
- obfuscate
- obscure
- sidestep
- stray
- veil