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单词 petrify
释义 pet·ri·fy
\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌfī\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle French petrifier, from petr- + -fier -fy
transitive verb
1. : to convert into stone; specifically : to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness through the infiltration of water containing dissolved mineral matter
2. : to make hard, rigid, or inert like or as if like stone:
 a. : to make lifeless or inactive : deaden
  < slogans are apt to petrify a man's thinking — Saturday Review >
  < his independence had not petrified his sympathies — Times Literary Supplement >
 b. : to confound with fear, amazement, or awe : paralyze, stupefy
  < the original purpose of the aboriginal objects was to petrify uninitiated members of the tribe — T.H.Robsjohn-Gibbings >
  < is petrified of talking in public — Alan Frank >
intransitive verb
1. : to become stone or a substance of stony hardness
2. : to become hard, rigid, or inert like or as if like stone
 < principles and rules … have petrified with the accumulated weight of precedent on precedent — B.N.Cardozo >
 < her face had petrified into the fearsome pioneer resolution of unremitting housewifery — Nigel Dennis >
Synonyms: see daze
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