figurative. To change as if into stone. transitive. To make motionless or rigid with astonishment, horror, fear, etc.; to terrify.
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释义 | the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > cause physical symptoms [verb (transitive)] > petrify (3) petrify1667 figurative. To change as if into stone. transitive. To make motionless or rigid with astonishment, horror, fear, etc.; to terrify. fascinate1766 transitive. More generally: to render (a person or animal) unable to move, escape, or resist. Later often in hyperbolic use. Subcategories:— free from being rigid with horror (1) |
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