petrify

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

石化,岩化,岩浆,岩石化

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb

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

verbmake hard

Forms: petrified, petrifying

Synonyms

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.

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

石化,岩化,岩浆,岩石化

v.有主动词 verb

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

verbmake hard

Forms: petrified, petrifying

Synonyms

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.