1
- (chiefly of a wound or a part of the body) infected with bacteria（主指伤口或身体部位）感染病菌的：
his feet had gone septic.
他的双脚感染了。
2
- attrib. denoting a drainage system incorporating a septic tank有化粪池的排水系统的。
- N. Amer. a drainage system incorporating a septic tank〈北美〉有化粪池的排水系统。
派生词
septically
adverbsepticity
/sepˈtɪsətɪ/ noun词源
early 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek sēptikos, from sēpein 'make rotten'.