petrify

英式音标：[ˈpetrɪfaɪ]

美式音标：[ˈpɛtrəˌfaɪ]

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概况：

vi. 石化；惊呆

vt. 使…石化；使…惊呆

词义：

vt.& vi.

吓呆，使麻木；

vt.

使吓呆，使惊呆；

变形

过去式：petrified过去分词：petrified现在分词：petrifying第三人称单数：petrifies

英英释义

petrify[ 'petrifai ]

v.

cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned

change into stone

同义词：lapidify

make rigid and set into a conventional pattern

"slogans petrify our thinking"

同义词：rigidifyossify

用法：

权威例句

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Petrify-Based Verification of Asynchronous Circuits - Three Case Studies.

Peter Pan's Rights: To Protect or Petrify?

Petrify: method and Tool for Synthesis of Asynchronous Controllers and Interfaces

Professional Certification: Certify or Petrify?

Petrify: A Tool for Manipulating Concurrent Specifications and Synthesis of Asynchronous Controllers

Design of Asynchronous Circuit Based on STG and Petrify

基于STG与Petrify的异步电路设计Design of Asynchronous Circuit Based on STG and Petrify

"We Either Move Or Petrify ": Transnational Hip Hop Feminisms Amongst Hip Hop Dancers And Graffiteras – A Critical Literature Rev...

同根词：petrochemical,petrified,petrifaction

英语词源：

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.

造句：

1. The literal meaning of 'petrify' is 'turn to stone'.

petrify的字面意思是turnto stone（变成石头）。

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2. Slogans petrify our thinking.

口号僵化了我们的思想。

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3. To convert to a mineral substance; petrify.

这些矿物质使水有毒。

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4. Redundant slogans are apt petrify aman's thinking.

口号过多容易使人思想僵化。

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5. Redundant slogans are apt to petrify a man's thinking.

口号过多容易使人思想僵化。

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6. It is so deep-pocketed, in fact, that even if the purchase were to be blocked by shareholders or regulators, the west London firm would continue to petrify commercial rivals.

事实上，它拥有雄厚的资金，即使股东或监管者阻止收购的进行，西伦敦公司的实力仍会带给其商业对手不断地震惊。

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7. It is so deep-pocketed, in fact, that even if the purchase were to be blocked by shareholders or regulators, the west London firm would continue to petrify commercial rivals.

事实上，它拥有雄厚的资金，即使股东或监管者阻止收购的进行，西伦敦公司的实力仍会带给其商业对手不断地震惊。

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