英语词汇“petrify”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

petrify

/ˈpɛtrɪfʌɪ

verb (petrifies, petrifying, petrified) [with object]

1Change (organic matter) into a stony substance by encrusting or replacing it with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit.The chemical components used to artificially petrify wood can be found in natural settings around volcanoes and within sedimentary strata....

As the ham was petrified within ‘historic time’, it was excluded on the basis of the first of these definitions from being called a fossil.
The charcoal had kept the hull dry and the salt had petrified it.

Synonyms

ossified, fossilized

rare lapidified

2Make (someone) so frightened that they are unable to move: his icy controlled quietness petrified her...

You are petrified of letting people see how vulnerable you can be and have a very bad case of stage fright.
I am petrified of heights and last year did an abseil which I found really scary.
But I'm also petrified of joblessness, insecurity, and drastic changes happening all at once.

Synonyms

terrified, terror-stricken, terror-struck, horrified, horror-stricken, horror-struck, scared/frightened out of one's wits, scared witless, scared/frightened to death, aghast, appalled;

paralysed, stunned, stupefied, transfixed, benumbed, frozen

terrify, horrify, frighten, scare, scare to death, scare someone out of their wits, scare witless, scare the living daylights out of, frighten the life out of, strike terror into, fill with fear, put the fear of God into, make someone's blood run cold, chill someone's blood, panic, throw into a panic, alarm, appal;

paralyse, stun, stupefy, transfix

informal scare the pants off

British informal throw into a blue funk, put the wind up

Irish informal scare the bejesus out of

archaic affright

Origin

Late Middle English: from French pétrifier, from medieval Latin petrificare, from Latin petra 'rock', from Greek.

The original sense of petrify was ‘to convert into stone’, from the Latin and Greek root petra ‘rock’. The sense ‘to terrify, astonish’ dates from the mid 17th century. Petroleum is from the same source—it is found in rocks. The second part is Latin oleum ‘olive oil’ (see oil).

单词	petrify
释义	petrify /ˈpɛtrɪfʌɪ / verb (petrifies, petrifying, petrified) [with object] 1Change (organic matter) into a stony substance by encrusting or replacing it with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit.The chemical components used to artificially petrify wood can be found in natural settings around volcanoes and within sedimentary strata.... As the ham was petrified within ‘historic time’, it was excluded on the basis of the first of these definitions from being called a fossil. The charcoal had kept the hull dry and the salt had petrified it. Synonyms ossified, fossilized rare lapidified 2Make (someone) so frightened that they are unable to move: his icy controlled quietness petrified her... You are petrified of letting people see how vulnerable you can be and have a very bad case of stage fright. I am petrified of heights and last year did an abseil which I found really scary. But I'm also petrified of joblessness, insecurity, and drastic changes happening all at once. Synonyms terrified, terror-stricken, terror-struck, horrified, horror-stricken, horror-struck, scared/frightened out of one's wits, scared witless, scared/frightened to death, aghast, appalled; paralysed, stunned, stupefied, transfixed, benumbed, frozen terrify, horrify, frighten, scare, scare to death, scare someone out of their wits, scare witless, scare the living daylights out of, frighten the life out of, strike terror into, fill with fear, put the fear of God into, make someone's blood run cold, chill someone's blood, panic, throw into a panic, alarm, appal; paralyse, stun, stupefy, transfix informal scare the pants off British informal throw into a blue funk, put the wind up Irish informal scare the bejesus out of archaic affright Origin Late Middle English: from French pétrifier, from medieval Latin petrificare, from Latin petra 'rock', from Greek. The original sense of petrify was ‘to convert into stone’, from the Latin and Greek root petra ‘rock’. The sense ‘to terrify, astonish’ dates from the mid 17th century. Petroleum is from the same source—it is found in rocks. The second part is Latin oleum ‘olive oil’ (see oil).
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