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petrify

英['petrɪfaɪ] 美['petrɪfaɪ]
  • vt. 使石化;使发呆
  • vi. 石化
petrified petrified petrifying petrifies
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详细释义

Verb:
  1. cause to become stonelike 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"

双语例句

1. Slogans petrify our thinking.
口号僵化了我们的思想.

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2. To convert to a mineral substance ; petrify.
这些 矿物质 使水有毒.

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