| 释义 |
ossified, ppl. a.|ˈɒsɪfaɪd|
[f. ossify + -ed1.]
Made or converted into bone; hardened like bone; rendered osseous. Also fig.
1798T. Hinderwell Hist. Scarborough iii. ii. 277 This skin was not in an ossified state. 1834McMurtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 53 The first has three ossified phalanges in the middle finger of the wing. 1901Yale Fun 55/2 ‘Did you hear about the row over in Peabody Museum?’ ‘What was the trouble?’ ‘A lot of the exhibits got ossified.’ 1922S. Lewis Babbitt xxix. 337 Oh, but wasn't T. D. stewed! Say, he was simply ossified! 1934Webster s.v., Ossified..2. Figuratively, fixed; hardened; set in a conventional form; ultraconservative. a1953E. O'Neill Long Day's Journey (1956) iv. 156 What's the matter with the Old Man tonight? Must be ossified to forget he left this out. 1961in Webster s.v., Bitterly criticized the organization for being ossified. 1976Times 5 Nov. 14/8 That lack of any spirit of initiative..that is normally the hallmark..of ossified totalitarianisms. |