petrify

动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈpɛ.tɹəˌfaɪ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals. transitive
    — a river that petrifies any sort of wood or leaves
  2. To produce rigidity akin to stone.
  3. To immobilize with fright.
  4. To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits. intransitive
  5. To become stony, callous, or obdurate. figuratively,intransitive
    — Like Niobe we marble grow, / And petrify with grief.
  6. To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification. figuratively,transitive
    — petrify a genius to a dunce

词形变化

petrifies present,singular,third-person petrifying participle,present petrified participle,past petrified past

词汇关系

衍生词
petrifiable petrifier unpetrify
相关词
petrifaction calcify mineralize ossify permineralize

词源

From Middle French pétrifier, from Medieval Latin petrificāre, from Latin petra (“rock”), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “rock”) + -ficāre, from facere (“do, make”), equivalent to petro- + -ify.
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