of or relating to the conditions that affect hygiene and health, especially the supply of sewage facilities and clean drinking water (尤指与提供污水排放设施及清洁饮用水有关的)公共卫生方面的;公共保健的 a sanitary engineer. 公共卫生工程师。 ■hygienic and clean 卫生的,清洁的 the most convenient and sanitary way to get rid of food waste from your kitchen. 把食物垃圾从你的厨房处理掉的最方便、最卫生的方式。
派生 sanitarily adverb sanitariness noun 语源
mid 19th cent.: from French sanitaire, from Latin sanitas 'health', from sanus 'healthy'