音标:['petrifai] ;
petrifier
n.
petrify的变形
petrify
['petrifai]
vt.
[常用被动语态]使石化;使化为石:
The Petrified Forest National Park is located in Arizona of U.S.A.
石化森林国家公园位于美国亚利桑那州。
使僵化;使坚硬;使消失活力,使麻木:
Redundant slogans are apt to petrify a man's thinking.
口号过多容易使人思想僵化。
(因恐惧、惊慌等而)发呆:
She was petrified with terror.
她被吓得目瞪口呆。
vi.
变僵硬;石化:
The cement petrified after many years' erosion.
经过多年的侵蚀,水泥石化了。
僵化;丧失活力:
Principles and rules have petrified with the accumulated weight of precedent.
由于层层先例的累积使原则和章程变得僵化呆板了。
吓呆;变呆;惊呆:
to petrify with grief
悲痛欲绝
变形:
vt.
petrified
. petrifying

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