English Dictionary

biocide

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbaɪəʊsaɪd/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

Any action or substance that can destroy living organisms.

日本語の意味

生物を破壊する作用または物質。すなわち、微生物やその他の生物を殺すために用いられる行為や物質

Researchers tested a new biocide to determine its impact on beneficial microbes in the soil.

研究者たちは、土壌中の有用微生物への影響を確かめるために、新しい生物を死滅させる物質を試験した。

意味（1）

Any action or substance that can destroy living organisms.

[T]here is the inability of the Christian world to respond in any effective way to the destruction of the planet. […] There is this terrible lack of concern for biocide or geocide. We have no moral principles to deal with them. […] Somehow, when I was quite young, I saw the beginning of biocide and geocide.

biocides （ plural ）