petrify

GRE

英[?petr?fa?]
美[?petr?fa?]

基本釋義

vt.& vi.
嚇呆，使麻木
vt.
使嚇呆，使驚呆

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

To convert to a mineral substance ; petrify.

這些 礦物質(zhì) 使水有毒.

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英英釋義

Verb

  • 1. cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned;

    "The horror petrified his feelings"

    "Fear petrified her thinking"

  • 2. change into stone;

    "the wood petrified with time"

  • 3. make rigid and set into a conventional pattern;

    "rigidify the training schedule"

    "ossified teaching methods"

    "slogans petrify our thinking"

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