pasteurize
verb(British English also pasteurise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pasteurize | |
| he / she / it pasteurizes | |
| past simple pasteurized | |
| past participle pasteurized | |
| -ing form pasteurizing |
- 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.