petrify
英 ['petr?fa?]
美['p?tr?fa?]
- vi. 石化；惊呆
- vt. 使…石化；使…惊呆
英英释意
- 1. cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned;
- "The horror petrified his feelings"
- "Fear petrified her thinking"
- 2. change into stone;
- "the wood petrified with time"
- 3. make rigid and set into a conventional pattern;
- "rigidify the training schedule"
- "ossified teaching methods"
- "slogans petrify our thinking"