pasteurize
verb🔊/ˈpɑːstʃəraɪz/
🔊/ˈpæstʃəraɪz/
(British English also pasteurise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pasteurize | 🔊/ˈpɑːstʃəraɪz/ 🔊/ˈpæstʃəraɪz/ |
| he / she / it pasteurizes | 🔊/ˈpɑːstʃəraɪzɪz/ 🔊/ˈpæstʃəraɪzɪz/ |
| past simple pasteurized | 🔊/ˈpɑːstʃəraɪzd/ 🔊/ˈpæstʃəraɪzd/ |
| past participle pasteurized | 🔊/ˈpɑːstʃəraɪzd/ 🔊/ˈpæstʃəraɪzd/ |
| -ing form pasteurizing | 🔊/ˈpɑːstʃəraɪzɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈpæstʃəraɪzɪŋ/ |
- pasteurize something
to heat a liquid, especially milk, to a particular temperature and then cool it, in order to kill harmful bacteria 用巴氏杀菌法消毒 pasteurized milk 巴氏奶
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from the name of L. Pasteur (1822-95), French chemist and bacteriologist + -ize.