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petrify

英['petrɪfaɪ] 美['pɛtrɪfaɪ]
  • vi. 石化;惊呆
  • vt. 使…石化;使…惊呆

英英释意


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"