| 单词 | fossilize |
| 释义 | fossilize (fɒsɪlaɪz ) Word forms: fossilizes , fossilizing , fossilized regional note: in BRIT, also use fossilise 1. verb If the remains of an animal or plant fossilize or are fossilized, they become hard and form fossils, instead of decaying completely. The most important parts, the flowers, rarely fossilise. [VERB] The survival of the proteins depends on the way in which bones are fossilised. [be VERB-ed] ...fossilized dinosaur bones. [VERB-ed] 2. verb If you say that ideas, attitudes, or ways of behaving have fossilized or have been fossilized, you are criticizing the fact that they are fixed and unlikely to change, in spite of changing situations or circumstances. [disapproval] They seem to want to fossilize the environment in which people live and work. [VERB noun] Needs change while policies fossilize. [VERB] fossilized adjective ...these fossilized organisations. Synonyms: obsolete, antiquated, anachronistic, inflexible Synonyms: petrified, dead, extinct, prehistoric |
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