petrify
英 ['petr?fa?]
美['p?tr?fa?]
- vi. 石化；驚呆
- vt. 使…石化；使…驚呆
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?petrifies;過去式:?petrified;過去分詞:?petrified;現(xiàn)在分詞:?petrifying;
中文詞源
petrify 使石化，驚呆
來自拉丁語petra,石頭，詞源同petroleum,-fy,使。引申詞義使石化，驚呆。
英文詞源
- petrify (v.)
- 1590s, from Middle French pétrifier "to make or become stone" (16c.), from Latin petra "rock, crag" (see petrous) + -ficare, from facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Metaphoric sense of "paralyze with fear or shock" first recorded 1771. Related: Petrified; petrifying.
雙語例句
- 1. Slogans petrify our thinking.
- 口號僵化了我們的思想.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 2. To convert to a mineral substance ; petrify.
- 這些 礦物質(zhì) 使水有毒.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)