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petrify    音标拼音: [p'ɛtrəf,ɑɪ]
v. 使石化;使冷酷;使吓呆

使石化;使冷酷;使吓呆

petrify
v 1: cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned;
"The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her
thinking"
2: change into stone; "the wood petrified with time" [synonym:
{lapidify}, {petrify}]
3: make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the
training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans
petrify our thinking" [synonym: {rigidify}, {ossify}, {petrify}]

Petrify \Pet"ri*fy\ (p[e^]t"r[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Petrified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Petrifying}.] [L. petra rock,
Gr. pe`tra (akin to pe`tros a stone) -fy: cf. F.
p['e]trifier. Cf. {Parrot}, {Petrel}, {Pier}.]
1. To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone
or stony substance; as, petrified wood.
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A river that petrifies any sort of wood or leaves.
--Kirwan.
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2. To make callous or obdurate; to transform, as by
petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart. Young. "Petrifying
accuracy." --Sir W. Scott.
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And petrify a genius to a dunce. --Pope.
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A hideous fatalism, which ought, logically, to
petrify your volition. --G. Eliot.
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3. To paralyze, especially with fear; to stupefy; as, she was
petrified by the sight of the bear in her tent.
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The poor, petrified journeyman, quite unconscious of
what he was doing. --De Quincey.
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Petrify \Pet"ri*fy\, v. i.
1. To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter
by calcareous deposits.
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2. Fig.: To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
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Like Niobe we marble grow,
And petrify with grief. --Dryden.
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  • PETRIFY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of PETRIFY is to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter How to use petrify in a sentence
  • PETRIFY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    In some sense, the most vivid element is that of the voice which is found to be, as if petrified, turned into a statue Each student exhibited their personal degree of fear, nervousness, and skepticism, and some were petrified to the point of speechlessness
  • Petrifaction - Wikipedia
    In geology, petrifaction or petrification (from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra) 'rock, stone') is the process by which organic material becomes a fossil through the replacement of the original material and the filling of the original pore spaces with minerals
  • PETRIFY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    to benumb or paralyze with astonishment, horror, or other strong emotion I was petrified with fear to make rigid or inert; harden; deaden The tragedy in his life petrified his emotions to become petrified From the Middle French word petrifier, dating back to 1585–95 See petri-, -fy
  • Petrify - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
    At the heart of the word petrify is the Latin word petra which means "stone " In the scientific sense, wood petrifies in an environment without oxygen, say when it is buried by lava, and minerals such as silica enter the wood and fill the cells, making it hard as stone
  • PETRIFIED Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of PETRIFIED is converted into stone through a slow process of mineralization How to use petrified in a sentence
  • What does petrify mean? - Definitions. net
    Petrify is a verb that means to make someone extremely frightened, especially to the point where they are unable to move or think properly It can also refer to the process of turning something into stone or a stonelike substance, often over a long period of time
  • Petrify - definition of petrify by The Free Dictionary
    To convert (wood or other organic matter) into a stony replica by petrifaction 2 To cause to lose vitality or become impervious to change; deaden: a routine that petrified her thinking 3 To stun or paralyze with terror; daze
  • PETRIFY Definition Meaning – Explained - Power Thesaurus
    Learn the meaning of Petrify with clear definitions and helpful usage examples
  • PETRIFY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    They took refuge in their school along with hundreds of other freezing and petrified survivors It turned out to be a petrified tree The desire to win helped me get over being petrified It's as if they were petrified She's petrified as she awaits her results The acting was so wooden it was a petrified forest





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