petrify
英 ['petr?fa?]
美['p?tr?fa?]
- vi. 石化；惊呆
- vt. 使…石化；使…惊呆
GRE畅通词汇
词态变化
第三人称单数:?petrifies;过去式:?petrified;过去分词:?petrified;现在分词:?petrifying;
中文词源
petrify 使石化，惊呆
来自拉丁语petra,石头，词源同petroleum,-fy,使。引申词义使石化，惊呆。
英文词源
- petrify (v.)
- 1590s, from Middle French pétrifier "to make or become stone" (16c.), from Latin petra "rock, crag" (see petrous) + -ficare, from facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Metaphoric sense of "paralyze with fear or shock" first recorded 1771. Related: Petrified; petrifying.
双语例句
- 1. Slogans petrify our thinking.
- 口号僵化了我们的思想.
来自互联网
- 2. To convert to a mineral substance ; petrify.
- 这些 矿物质 使水有毒.
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