petrify

• vi. 石化；惊呆
• vt. 使…石化；使…惊呆

来自拉丁语petra,石头，词源同petroleum,-fy,使。引申词义使石化，惊呆。

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.

1. Slogans petrify our thinking.

口号僵化了我们的思想.

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2. To convert to a mineral substance ; petrify.

这些 矿物质 使水有毒.

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