1881, with -ize, after Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist and bacteriologist, who invented the process of heating food, milk, wine, etc., to kill most of the micro-organisms in it; distinguished from sterilization, which involves killing all of them. The surname is literally "Pastor." Related: Pasteurized; pasteurizing.
实用例句
1. Additionally, donor milk banks pasteurize all milk prior to distribution and check it for bacterial content.
另外，母乳银行在分发母乳之前会对所有母乳进行巴氏消毒，检查细菌情况。
来自辞典例句
2. Such heating can not only improve the feed's handling characteristics, but also may pasteurize it.