a chemical used for preventing infection in an injury, especially by killing bacteria

Antiseptic is used to sterilize the skin before giving an injection. 消毒剂用于注射前给皮肤消毒。

Many of the ingredients for antiseptics come from the rainforests. 很多杀菌剂的原料产自热带雨林。

completely free from infection

In the 1870s and 1880s, doctors began to follow the principles of antiseptic surgery. 在19世纪70和80年代，医生们开始遵循无菌外科手术原则。

too clean and showing no imagination and character

There's an antiseptic feeling to the new town centre, with its covered shopping mall. 新建的市中心购物广场上面架了棚顶，一切过于整洁而显得有些呆板。