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petrify

/pe-truh-fahy/US // ˈpɛ trəˌfaɪ //UK // (ˈpɛtrɪˌfaɪ) //

石化,岩化,岩浆,岩石化

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pet·ri·fied, pet·ri·fy·ing.

    • : to convert into stone or a stony substance.
    • : 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.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pet·ri·fied, pet·ri·fy·ing.

    • : to become petrified.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbfrighten
Forms: petrified, petrifying

Examples

  • I didn't possess the capacity to petrify, which is absolutely indispensable in an academic man.

  • She had seemed to grow rooted to the ground, unable to get away; her heart, her breathing, seemed to petrify too; they hurt her.

  • E that would shine, and petrify his tutor,Should drink draught Allsopp in its "native pewter."

  • Their concepts petrify from lack of use and the constant reconstruction which growth necessitates.

  • Among ourselves worship would petrify and faith wither were it not for the tasks the church has undertaken at home and abroad.

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