| 单词 | petrify |
| 释义 | petrify —petrifiable, adj. —petrificant /pi trif"i keuhnt/, adj. —petrifier, n. /pe"treuh fuy'/, v. , petrified, petrifying. v.t. 1. to convert into stone or a stony substance. 2. to benumb or paralyze with astonishment, horror, or other strong emotion: I was petrified with fear. 3. to make rigid or inert; harden; deaden: The tragedy in his life petrified his emotions. v.i. 4. to become petrified. [1585-95; < MF petrifier. See PETRI-, -FY] Syn. 2. immobilize, dumbfound, daze. |
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