单词	fossilize
释义	fossilizefos‧sil‧ize (also fossilise British English) /ˈfɒsəlaɪz $ ˈfɑː-/ verb Verb Table VERB TABLE fossilize Simple Form Present it fossilizes Present fossilize Past it, they fossilized Present perfect they have fossilized it has fossilized Past perfect it, they had fossilized Future it, they will fossilize Future perfect it, they will have fossilized Continuous Form Present they are fossilizing it is fossilizing Past they were fossilizing it was fossilizing Present perfect they have been fossilizing it has been fossilizing Past perfect it, they had been fossilizing Future it, they will be fossilizing Future perfect it, they will have been fossilizing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The Soviets were unwilling to support the fossilized East German regime. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Fantastic electron microscope images of objects looking very suggestively like fossilized living forms again captured the imagination of the world. For one thing, flowers do not readily fossilize - and leaves alone can be misleading. Most couples, however fossilized their relationship, have some interest in common, if it's only cooking or travel or pets. Near Medicine Bow, Wyoming, I visited a rock shop made entirely of fossilized dinosaur bones. Not all sponges contain hard parts capable of being fossilized. The crumbled porcelain of a third lay embedded like fossilized prehistoric remains long entombed in silt and mud. The union movement in this country suffers from fossilized leadership trapped in a time warp. This makes the assumption, of course, that the plants have not changed their habits since they were fossilized. word sets WORD SETS► Geology agglomerate, nounalabaster, nounanthracite, nounasbestos, nounatoll, nounbasalt, nounbasin, nounbauxite, nounbed, nounbedrock, nounberyl, nounbluff, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncarboniferous, adjectivechalk, nounchalky, adjectivechasm, nounclay, nouncliff, nouncoal, nouncoastal, adjectivecoastline, nounconglomerate, nouncontinental drift, nouncontinental shelf, nouncore, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncrater, nouncreek, nounCretaceous, adjectivecrevasse, nouncrust, nouncrystal, nouncrystalline, adjectivecrystallize, verbdelta, noundeposit, noundeposition, noundune, noundust bowl, nounearthquake, nounelevation, nounemery, nounepicentre, nounepoch, nounera, nounerode, verberosion, nounerupt, verbescarpment, nounestuary, nounextinct, adjectivefault, nounfeeder, nounfeldspar, nounfiord, nounfjord, nounflint, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefold, nounfool's gold, nounfossil, nounfossilize, verbfriable, adjectivegeology, noungeyser, nounglaciation, nounglacier, nounGondwanaland, granite, noungrassland, noungroundwater, noungulf, noungully, nounheadland, nounhinterland, nounhot spring, nounigneous, adjectiveimpervious, adjectiveinactive, adjectiveinlet, nounisthmus, nounjasper, nounjet, nounkaolin, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandslide, nounlandslip, nounlava, nounleach, verblevee, nounlime, nounlimestone, nounloam, nounlowlands, nounmagma, nounmarble, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmatrix, nounmetamorphic, adjectivemica, nounmineral, nounmineralogy, nounmining, nounmoraine, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmudslide, nounnugget, nounoasis, nounoilfield, nounore, nounoutcrop, nounpalaeontology, nounPalaeozoic, adjectivePangaea, peninsula, nounpermafrost, nounpetroleum, nounpillar, nounpinnacle, nounplate, nounplate tectonics, nounporous, adjectivepothole, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounpromontory, nounpumice, nounpyrites, nounquartz, nounravine, nounreservoir, nounridge, nounrift, nounrift valley, nounriver, nounrock, nounrock salt, nounsand, nounsand bar, nounsandstone, nounsapphire, nounscarp, nounschist, nounscree, nounseam, nounsediment, nounsedimentary, adjectivesedimentation, nounseismic, adjectiveseismograph, nounseismology, nounsettlement, nounshale, nounshelf, nounshingle, nounsilica, nounsilicate, nounsilt, nounslate, nounstalactite, nounstalagmite, nounstone, nounstrait, nounstrata, stratified, adjectivestratum, nounsubsoil, nounsubstratum, nounsummit, nounterrain, nounthermal, adjectivetopaz, nountopsoil, nountor, nountremor, nountributary, nountrilobite, nountsunami, nountundra, nounturquoise, nounvalley, nounvein, nounvolcanic, adjectivevolcano, nounwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwater table, noun 1if people, ideas, systems etc fossilize or are fossilized, they never change or develop, even when there are good reasons why they should change:  Most couples, however fossilized their relationship, have some interests in common.2[intransitive, transitive] to become or form a fossil by being preserved in rock:  fossilized dinosaur bonesGRAMMAR Fossilize is usually passive.—fossilization /ˌfɒsəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ ˌfɑːsələ-/ noun [uncountable]
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