petrify
导读：petrify英[ˈpetrɪfaɪ]美[ˈpetrɪfaɪ]vt.& vi.吓呆，使麻木；vt.使吓呆，使惊呆；第三人称单数：petrifies; 过去式：petrified; 过去分词：petrified; 现在分词：petrifying; 例句To co
petrify
英[ˈpetrɪfaɪ]美[ˈpetrɪfaɪ]
vt.& vi.吓呆，使麻木；
vt.使吓呆，使惊呆；
第三人称单数：petrifies;
过去式：petrified;
过去分词：petrified;
现在分词：petrifying;
例句
To convert to a mineral substance ; petrify.这些 矿物质 使水有*.
...the fear that a political deadlock may petrify economic initiatives.对**僵*可能会使经济发展停滞的担心
同义词
vt.
petrify的同义词之：使吓呆
frightenstoneshockbecomeappallhardenhorrifystunterrifypetrify的同义词之：其他释义
terrifyfrightenhardenappallhorrifysolidifystunshock柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
VERB
使吓呆；使惊呆
If something petrifies you, it makes you feel very frightened.
例句
Prison petrifies me and I don't want to go there.监狱太可怕了，我不想去那里。V-ERG
（使）停止变化；（使）停止发展
If something such as a society or institution petrifies, or if something petrifies it, it stops changing and developing.
例句
...the fear that a political deadlock may petrify economic initiatives.对**僵*可能会使经济发展停滞的担心英汉词典释义
vt. & vi.
(使)石化
vt.
使吓呆; 使惊呆
Just the thought of making a speech petrifies me.一想到要作讲演就把我吓坏了。英英词典释义
Verb
1. cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned;
"The horror petrified his feelings""Fear petrified her thinking"2. change into stone;
"the wood petrified with time"3. make rigid and set into a conventional pattern;
"rigidify the training schedule""ossified teaching methods""slogans petrify our thinking"
