| 释义 |
fossilate, v.|ˈfɒsɪleɪt|
[f. fossil n. + -ate3.]
trans. or intr. To make or become fossil. Hence ˈfossilated ppl. a. Also fossiˈlation, the action of the vb.; = fossilization.
1819G. S. Faber Dispensations (1823) I. 143 The fossilated ruins of the productions of the third, and fifth, and sixth demiurgic periods. 1832Fraser's Mag. V. 553 The fossilated remains of their skeletons. 1886A. Winchell Walks & Talks Geol. Field 128 There are two suggestions in reference to the way in which iron-ore particles have been accumulated:—first, fossilation of ancient iron-bogs; second, segregation. |