petrify
/ˈpɛ.trəˌfaɪ/
- vt.
- (非正式)使惊呆，使吓得要死，使发呆
- vt.
- vi. 使石化，使成为化石，使变僵，变僵硬，使消失活力，使僵化
中文释义来自 ECDICT
构词拆解
- -ify
- Forms transitive verbs meaning "to make" from adjectives and nouns. · Forms intransitive
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释义
动词verb
- 1transitiveTo turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
- 2To produce rigidity akin to stone.
- 3To immobilize with fright.
- 4intransitiveTo become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.