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单词 ossify
释义
ossify
(ɒsɪfaɪ )
Word forms: ossifies , ossifying , ossified
verb
If an idea, system, or organization ossifies or if something ossifies it, it becomes fixed and difficult to change. [formal, disapproval]
It reckons that rationing would ossify the farm industry. [VERB noun]
British society tended to ossify and close ranks as the 1930s drew to their close. [VERB]
...an ossified institution. [VERB-ed]
[Also V into n]
Synonyms: harden, freeze, stiffen, petrify  
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