petrify
英 ['petrɪfaɪ]
美['pɛtrɪfaɪ]
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- 释义
- 词态变化
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- 双语例句
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- 场景例句
释义
词态变化
第三人称单数: petrifies;过去式: petrified;过去分词: petrified;现在分词: petrifying;
中文词源
petrify 使石化，惊呆
来自拉丁语petra,石头，词源同petroleum,-fy,使。引申词义使石化，惊呆。
英文词源
- petrify (v.)
- 1590s, from Middle French pétrifier "to make or become stone" (16c.), from Latin petra "rock, crag" (see petrous) + -ficare, from facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Metaphoric sense of "paralyze with fear or shock" first recorded 1771. Related: Petrified; petrifying.
双语例句
- 1. Slogans petrify our thinking.
- 口号僵化了我们的思想.
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- 2. To convert to a mineral substance ; petrify.
- 这些 矿物质 使水有毒.
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英英释意
- 1. cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned;
- "The horror petrified his feelings"
- "Fear petrified her thinking"
- 2. change into stone;
- "the wood petrified with time"
- 3. make rigid and set into a conventional pattern;
- "rigidify the training schedule"
- "ossified teaching methods"
- "slogans petrify our thinking"
实用场景例句
- To convert to a mineral substance ; petrify.
- 这些 矿物质 使水有毒.
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