petrify / ˈpɛ trəˌfaɪ /

📖毕业后词汇石化岩化岩浆岩石化

petrify2 个定义

v. 有主动词 verb

pet·ri·fied, pet·ri·fy·ing.

  1. to convert into stone or a stony substance.
  2. to benumb or paralyze with astonishment, horror, or other strong emotion: I was petrified with fear.
  3. to make rigid or inert; harden; deaden: The tragedy in his life petrified his emotions.
v. 无主动词 verb

pet·ri·fied, pet·ri·fy·ing.

  1. to become petrified.

petrify 近义词

v. 动词 verb

make hard

v. 动词 verb

frighten

更多petrify例句

  1. I didn't possess the capacity to petrify, which is absolutely indispensable in an academic man.
  2. She had seemed to grow rooted to the ground, unable to get away; her heart, her breathing, seemed to petrify too; they hurt her.
  3. E that would shine, and petrify his tutor,Should drink draught Allsopp in its "native pewter."
  4. Their concepts petrify from lack of use and the constant reconstruction which growth necessitates.
  5. Among ourselves worship would petrify and faith wither were it not for the tasks the church has undertaken at home and abroad.