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单词 fossilize
释义 fos·sil·ize
\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌlīz\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Usage: see -ize
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary fossil (I) + -ize
transitive verb
1. : to turn into a fossil
 < their fossilized remains, recovered from some limestone that they helped to build, are often wonderfully attractive — W.E.Swinton >
2. : to preserve as if in fossil form : make outmoded, rigid, or fixed
 < “no” as clearly stamps one as retrogressive, fossilized, probably isolationist or worse — Irving Kolodin >
intransitive verb
: to become changed into a fossil
 < not all plant materials fossilize equally well — Science News Letter >
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