fossilized

/fos-uh-lahyz/US // ˈfɒs əˌlaɪz //UK // (ˈfɒsɪˌlaɪz) //

化石,化石化的,化石的,化石化

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb

1
fos·sil·ized, fos·sil·iz·ing.
- : Geology. to convert into a fossil; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism.
- : to change as if into mere lifeless remains or traces of the past.
- : to make rigidly antiquated: Time has fossilized such methods.

v.无主动词 verb

1
fos·sil·ized, fos·sil·iz·ing.
- : to become a fossil or like a fossil: The plant fossilized in comparatively recent geologic time.
- : Linguistics. to become permanently established in the interlanguage of a second-language learner in a form that is deviant from the target-language norm and that continues to appear in performance regardless of further exposure to the target language.

as inossified

Synonyms

as inoutmoded

Synonyms

Although shark skeletons are made of cartilage, the animals’ backbones can become hardened and strengthened by deposits of calcium salts, which can then be fossilized.
But many, and probably most, rules persist as fossilized remains of now-forgotten controversies.
Imagine a world in which every action is governed by fossilized customs.
Bentley explains that revolutionizing fossilized mentalities can be oddly likened to, in his words, boiling a bunny.
Among the debris were several pieces of sandstone marked by black, fossilized plant-remains.
Towards the end of the following summer, however, one of the tusks and an entire side of a fossilized animal were exposed.
Petrified moss or Indian arrow-heads, for specimens of lava or fossilized fern.
Mineralized water circulated through and gradually fossilized the buried trees, changing many to opal.
If a monologue is fossilized poetry, its true rendering should restore the original being to life.

/fos-uh-lahyz/US // ˈfɒs əˌlaɪz //UK // (ˈfɒsɪˌlaɪz) //

化石,化石化的,化石的,化石化

v.有主动词 verb

1
fos·sil·ized, fos·sil·iz·ing.
- : Geology. to convert into a fossil; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism.
- : to change as if into mere lifeless remains or traces of the past.
- : to make rigidly antiquated: Time has fossilized such methods.

v.无主动词 verb

1
fos·sil·ized, fos·sil·iz·ing.
- : to become a fossil or like a fossil: The plant fossilized in comparatively recent geologic time.
- : Linguistics. to become permanently established in the interlanguage of a second-language learner in a form that is deviant from the target-language norm and that continues to appear in performance regardless of further exposure to the target language.

as inossified

Synonyms

as inoutmoded

Synonyms

Although shark skeletons are made of cartilage, the animals’ backbones can become hardened and strengthened by deposits of calcium salts, which can then be fossilized.
But many, and probably most, rules persist as fossilized remains of now-forgotten controversies.
Imagine a world in which every action is governed by fossilized customs.
Bentley explains that revolutionizing fossilized mentalities can be oddly likened to, in his words, boiling a bunny.
Among the debris were several pieces of sandstone marked by black, fossilized plant-remains.
Towards the end of the following summer, however, one of the tusks and an entire side of a fossilized animal were exposed.
Petrified moss or Indian arrow-heads, for specimens of lava or fossilized fern.
Mineralized water circulated through and gradually fossilized the buried trees, changing many to opal.
If a monologue is fossilized poetry, its true rendering should restore the original being to life.