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单词 petrified
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petrifiedadj.

Brit. /ˈpɛtrᵻfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈpɛtrəˌfaɪd/
Forms: late Middle English 1600s– petrified, 1600s–1700s petrefied, 1600s–1700s petrify'd.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: petrify v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < petrify v. + -ed suffix1. Compare Middle French, French pétrifié (also in 17th cent. as †pétréfié ; 1580 in sense 1a, 1782 in sense 2), Italian petrificato , (now usually) pietrificato (1499 in sense 1b, 1550 in sense 1a in acque petrificate (plural) ‘stalactites’, second half of the 18th cent. in sense 2).
1.
a. That has been petrified; subjected to petrifaction; converted into stone or a stony substance.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [adjective] > petrified
petrified?a1425
putrefied1761
lapidified1832
lithified1877
stonified1882
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 35 (MED) Whan þai [sc. apostemes] ar vnwisely infrigidate..þan þe subtile is resolued & þe grosse petrified, i. stony, & reduced in to melancolie.
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia xvii. 109 The pores of this petrify'd substance.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 471 He abounded in things petrified,..a morsel of Cork, yet retaining its levitie, Sponges, Gutts.
1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Islands Scotl. 151 There is a Cave..having many petrified Twigs hanging from the top.
1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 52 We met with very large Cakes of the petrified Sand.
1815 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. (ed. 2) xvi. 442 Petrified fish have been discovered in solid rocks in the very attitude of seizing and swallowing their prey.
1861 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 3) xxiv. §1612. 605 The countless petrified remains known by the names of Hamites, Lituites, Orthoceratites, Cirthoceratites.
1936 Amer. Home Feb. 56/4 The opening around the firebox was made of granite, which is not inclined to crack on exposure to heat. Petrified wood is another excellent material to use.
1979 D. L. Dineley Fossils i. 11 The buried shells..or petrified parts of organisms of the past..are all fossils.
1993 Wind River Country Summer 2/1 This is the top rockhound area in the U.S. Jade, arrow-heads, petrified wood and many other things, including fossils, abound.
b. In extended use: represented or embodied in stone; made or carved from stone.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [adjective] > sculptured or carved > in specific material
petrified1635
found1989
1635 W. Habington Castara (ed. 2) i. 59 Spencer hath a Stone; and Draytons browes Stand petrefied ith'wall, with Laurell bowes Yet girt about.
1795 H. L. Piozzi Diary 1 Feb. in Thraliana (1942) II. 910 Helena Maria Williams..lives with Mr. Stone tho' he has a Wife alive—Mr. Chappelow says comically that she is petrefied.
1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood iv. 26 An approach..resembling a petrified grove of tombstones, urns, draperies, and broken columns.
1889 J. J. Hissey Tour in Phaeton 106 Our cathedrals, abbeys, and ancient churches are truly petrified poems.
1991 Conjunctions 17 30 Could the rocks, hooded like a procession of petrified penitents, possibly be cupolas, lanterns or ventilation shafts made of glazed tiles, earthenware and broken fragments?
2. figurative. Hardened, immobilized, paralysed, (now) esp. rigid with fear, terrified (of).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > callous or hard-hearted
hard hearteOE
steelena1000
hardOE
hard-heartedc1225
stony?c1230
yhert1340
dure1412
hardedc1425
induratec1425
stonishc1450
hardenedc1480
steely1508
flinty1536
endured1540
stiff-stomached1540
heartless1556
indured1558
flint-hearted1560
iron1561
marble1565
stone-hearted?1569
stony-hearted1569
iron-hearted1570
steel-hearted1571
rocky?1578
brawned1582
flinted1582
padded1583
obdure?1590
brawny1596
flintful1596
flint-heart1596
steeled1600
cauterized1603
indurated1604
flinty-hearted1629
ahenean1630
dedolent1633
brawny-hearteda1639
hard-grained1643
callous1647
upsitten1682
seared1684
petrified1720
calloused1746
coreless1813
pebble-hearted1816
hard-shelled1848
hard-plucked1857
steel trap1921
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [adjective] > and stunned
astoned1297
mazeda1325
astonieda1375
clumseda1400
stupefact?a1425
astoundc1440
matedc1450
astonate1522
stupid1571
astounded1619
sparrow-blasteda1652
petrified1720
stupent1747
stounded1756
stupefied1790
stunned1845
shent1861
the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [adjective] > petrified or frozen
numbed1553
dead-strookena1593
dead-struck1597
petrified1720
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective] > like hard substance
adamantinea1382
rock-like1595
unmalleable1606
immarbled1641
iron-bound1648
inflexible1698
cast iron1829
teak-built1847
granitic1862
inelastic1867
petrified1870
ossified1901
shatter-proof1936
sclerotic1965
the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective] > afraid of > petrified of
petrified1963
1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God II. xix. 533 Melt the Petrified Obduracy of this Harden'd Heart!
1791 H. More Estimate Relig. Fashionable World 210 How would the petrified enquirer be astonished.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. xvi. 187 This petrified coldness was better than a passionate, futile opposition.
1870 F. M. Müller Sci. Relig. (1873) 67 A careful interpretation of the petrified language of ancient India and Greece.
1907 I. Zangwill Ghetto Comedies 342 The very Rabbi was petrified; the elders of the Kahal stood dumb.
1963 R. Wolff I, Keturah (1964) ii. xvii. 229 I was petrified of all the gadgets.
1974 W. J. Burley Death in Stanley St. xi. 186 He was trying to get at the gun... I was petrified!
1995 K. Atkinson Behind Scenes at Museum (1996) vi. 172 I still walk in my sleep and she's petrified that I'm going to do something nasty to her when she's fast asleep.

Compounds

petrified forest n. an area covered with the petrified remains of trees, usually broken and scattered across the ground; also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > concretion or petrifaction > [noun] > specific
wood-stone1794
shell rock1807
petrified forest1830
biolith1852
dogger1876
spongolite1945
1830 Illinois Monthly Mag. Oct. 31 The earth's surface is literally covered with stumps, roots and limbs of petrified trees; presenting the appearance of a ‘Petrified Forest’.
1874 Ladies' Repository Apr. 302/1 The cathedral of Antwerp..was a sacred island in the tumultuous main. Through the perpetual twilight, tall columnar trunks..grew from a floor checkered with prismatic lights and sepulchral shadows. Each shaft of the petrified forest rose to a preternatural height.
1937 M. Huxley Let. 13 Oct. in Lett. A. Huxley (1969) 425 We drove through all the view places and the petrified forests and the grand-canyons.
1970 C. Major Swallow the Lake ii. 27 The petrified forest of the past.
1986 G. Bradley Terms to Be Met Foreword Here we are with our youngest at the Petrified Forest.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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