Petrify



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 石化; 吓呆
• ［英］ v. 石化 ( to convert into stone) ; 吓呆 ( to confound with fear or awe)
• ［类］ evaporate :vapor / petrify : stone ( 蒸发产生蒸汽 / 石化产生石头)
• ［记］ petr ( 石头) +ify -> 石化

Webster Collegiate

verb (-fied; -fying)

• Etymology: Middle French petrifier, from petr- + -ifier -ify
• Date: 1594
• transitive verb
  • 1. to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
  • 2. to make rigid or inert like stone:
    • a. to make lifeless or inactive ; deaden zuoxieslogans are apt to ~ a man's thinking — Saturday Reviewyouxie
    • b. to confound with fear, amazement, or awe zuoxiea novel about an airline pilot that will ~ you — Martin Levinyouxie
• intransitive verb
  • to become stone or of stony hardness or rigidity

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