Word · Frequency #42984
petrified
/ˈpetri,fai/
verb
使变成石头:通过水渗透并沉积溶解矿物质使有机物硬化。
petrified is the past of petrify.
- 1.
To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
使变成石头:通过水渗透并沉积溶解矿物质使有机物硬化。
- 2.
To produce rigidity akin to stone.
产生类似石头的刚性。
- 3.
To immobilize with fright.
使因恐惧而动弹不得。
- 4.
To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
变成石头,或具有石头的硬度,如有机物因钙质沉积而石化。
- 5.
To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
变得冷酷无情或顽固不化。
- 6.
To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.
使冷酷或顽固;使麻木;使瘫痪;使变化,如通过石化。
产生类似石头的刚性。;使因恐惧而动弹不得。;变成石头,或具有石头的硬度,如有机物因钙质沉积而石化。;变得冷酷无情或顽固不化。;使冷酷或顽固;使麻木;使瘫痪;使变化,如通过石化。
Connections
Word family
- petrifies
- third person singular
- petrified
- past, past participle
- petrifying
- present participle
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