lyophilized(形容词/过去分词)主要指“冻干的;经冷冻干燥处理的”:把物质先冷冻,再在真空条件下让冰直接升华成水蒸气,从而脱水保存(常用于药品、疫苗、食品、样品等)。在不同语境中也可泛指“制成冻干粉/冻干制剂”。
/ˈlaɪəˌfaɪlaɪzd/
The soup comes in a lyophilized packet—just add hot water.
这款汤是冻干包装的,只要加热水就行。
The vaccine was shipped as a lyophilized powder to improve stability during transport, then reconstituted at the clinic before injection.
这种疫苗以冻干粉形式运输,以提高运输过程中的稳定性,然后在诊所里复溶后再注射。
lyophilized来自 lyophilize(进行冻干处理)。词根 lyo- 源自希腊语,和“溶解/松散”相关;**-phil-** 表示“喜爱/亲和”(如 hydrophilic 亲水的);整体含义可理解为“对溶剂(尤其是水)有亲和性/易于复溶的处理方式”,后来在科技语境中固定指“冷冻干燥(冻干)”及其产物。