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petrify in Chinese

[ 'petriˌfai ]   Pronunciation:
past tense: petrified   past participle: petrified   present participle: petrifying   
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  • vt.
    (-fied)
    1.【地质学;地理学】使(动植物)石化,石化(动、植物等)。
    2.使变硬;使失去活力;使僵化;使顽固。
    3.使迟钝;使发呆。
    Phrases

    vi.
    1. 【地质学;地理学】石化;变僵硬。
    2. 吓呆。

Examples

  • The petrified tree was a book of nature .
    树木化石是大自然的历史记录。
  • The surprise petrified her an instant .
    这个意外的事使她呆了一刻。
  • The fosters petrified for two minutes .
    福斯脱夫妇呆若木鸡地坐了两分来钟。
  • His eye was on the note, and he was petrified .
    他定睛望着钞票,也吓呆了。
  • Could any heart become quite petrified ?
    难道任何一颗心都会变成麻木不仁的么?
  • It settled his passion and petrified his countenance .
    它使他的怒气平息下来,使他的脸僵化了。
  • He was petrified with terror .
    他吓得发呆。
  • "it's an old, sour, petrified world, the vatican world. "
    “这是衰老的、迂腐的、石化的世界,梵蒂冈的世界。
  • It was like a fine mask, suddenly startled, made angry, and petrified .
    它好象是一副精制的假面具,突然惊起,发怒,然后成为僵石。
  • In that incredible, in that unprecedented uproar, the ministers sat petrified .
    大臣们在那一阵不可思议,前所未有的喧闹声中,正襟危坐、呆若木鸡。
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English

    Verb
  • cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"

  • make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
    Synonyms: rigidify, ossify,

  • change into stone; "the wood petrified with time"
    Synonyms: lapidify,

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