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单词 petrifactive
释义 petrifactive, a.|pɛtrɪˈfæktɪv|
[f. stem of petrifact-ion + -ive: cf. stupefactive.]
Having the quality of petrifying; causing petrifaction.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxiii. 167 The Lapidescencies, and petrifactive mutations of hard bodies.1778W. Pryce Min. Cornub. 103 The petrifactive quality of water.1857H. Miller Test. Rocks iii. 145 The famous fossil-man of Guadaloupe, locked up by the petrifactive agencies in a slab of limestone.
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