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单词 petrify
释义

petrify /petˈri-fī/

transitive verb (petˈrifying; petˈrified)
  1. To frighten into immobility
  2. To turn into stone
  3. To fossilize by molecular replacement, preserving minute structure (geology)
  4. (loosely) to encrust with stony matter
  5. To make hard like a stone
intransitive verb

To become stone, or hard like stone

ORIGIN: L petra, from Gr petrā rock, and L facere, factum to make

petrifacˈtion noun

  1. Turning or being turned into stone
  2. A petrified object
  3. A fossil

petrifacˈtive or petrifˈic adjective

Petrifying

petrificāˈtion noun

Petrifaction

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