请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 petrificate
释义

petrificatev.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin petrificat-, petrificare.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin petrificat-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix3) of petrificare petrify v. Compare Middle French petrifiquer (see petrification n.), and also Middle French, French pétrifier , Italian pietrificare (see petrify v.). Compare earlier petrification n.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To petrify.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > make emotionally unfeeling [verb (transitive)] > make hard or callous
hardc1325
hardenc1350
engrege1382
endurec1384
indurec1450
indurate1538
obduratea1540
brawn1571
hard heart1581
sear1582
cauterize1587
myrmidonize1593
obdure1598
Gorgonize1609
stonea1616
petrifya1631
petrificate1647
roborate1652
case-harden1687
ossify1803
hard-boil1929
1647 J. Hall Poems ii. 96 Though our hearts petrificated were..Yet caused'st thou thy Law be graven there.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
<
v.1647
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/20 17:00:43