petrifies是什么意思

2023-12-30 04:42:16

petrifies

美[petrɪfaɪ] 英[petrɪfaɪ]

vt. 使石化；使发呆

vi. 石化

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

近义词：frighten，terrify，horrify，harden，shock，solidify，appall，stun，ossify，rigidify，scare，alarm，fossilize，fix，calcify，set，stone，become，lapidify，

Verb

cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned;
"The horror petrified his feelings" "Fear petrified her thinking"
change into stone;
"the wood petrified with time"
make rigid and set into a conventional pattern;
"rigidify the training schedule" "ossified teaching methods" "slogans petrify our thinking"