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单词 fossilized
释义

fossilized

adjective

fos·​sil·​ized ˈfä-sə-ˌlīzd How to pronounce fossilized (audio)
1
: having been changed into a fossil : subjected to fossilization
fossilized wood
And in 1997 he found several thousand fossilized eggs from a giant sauropod, or plant-eating dinosaur, just 120 miles north. The find included the first-known fossilized dinosaur embryos, as bits of fossilized dino-skin. Eric Niiler
2
: old and unchanging or outmoded
fossilized notions
As the mountains get higher, the houses become tin-roof shacks, with yards full of fossilized appliances and ancient cars. Elizabeth Gilbert
: made firm, fixed, or rigid by the passage of time
I love the living language more than the fossilized variety with its hardened meanings and set-in-stone lexicon. Paul McFedries
I know when I took photos in the past I was looking either for particularly artistic shots or ones that might become fossilized memories adorning a mantel. Robert W. Lucky

Synonyms

  • antiquated
  • archaic
  • dated
  • démodé
  • demoded
  • kaput
  • kaputt
  • medieval
  • mediaeval
  • moribund
  • mossy
  • moth-eaten
  • neolithic
  • Noachian
  • obsolete
  • out-of-date
  • outdated
  • outmoded
  • outworn
  • passé
  • prehistoric
  • prehistorical
  • rusty
  • Stone Age
  • superannuated
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Word History

First Known Use

1794, in the meaning defined at sense 1

fossilized

adjective

as in archaic
having passed its time of use or usefulness fossilized notions about the proper place of women in society

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • archaic
  • antiquated
  • obsolete
  • prehistoric
  • medieval
  • dated
  • discarded
  • neolithic
  • ancient
  • rusty
  • prehistorical
  • old
  • antique
  • outworn
  • outmoded
  • mossy
  • defunct
  • superannuated
  • expired
  • moribund
  • outdated
  • useless
  • vintage
  • aging
  • extinct
  • dead
  • passé
  • historical
  • mediaeval
  • historic
  • out-of-date
  • moth-eaten
  • demoded
  • retro
  • obsolescent
  • kaput
  • démodé
  • Noachian
  • disused
  • Stone Age
  • unusable
  • vanished
  • antediluvian
  • kaputt
  • inert
  • dormant
  • late
  • ageing
  • aged
  • unworkable
  • past
  • venerable
  • free
  • latent
  • inactive
  • former
  • fusty
  • hoary
  • inoperable
  • musty
  • idle
  • erstwhile
  • fallow
  • inoperative
  • atavistic
  • bygone
  • dateless
  • old-time
  • old-fashioned
  • age-old
  • old-world
  • oldfangled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • modern
  • contemporary
  • current
  • new
  • recent
  • ultramodern
  • newfangled
  • fresh
  • present-day
  • modernized
  • mod
  • renewed
  • new-fashioned
  • functional
  • operational
  • up-to-date
  • up-to-the-minute
  • workable
  • active
  • operating
  • functioning
  • remodeled
  • refurbished
  • alive
  • operable
  • operative
  • employed
  • busy
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