petrify是什么意思？

petrify

英[ˈpetrɪfaɪ] 美[ˈpɛtrəˌfaɪ]

• 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 使水有毒.
• ...the fear that a political deadlock may petrify economic initiatives. 对政治僵局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
  frighten, stone, shock, become, appall, harden, horrify, stun, terrify,
• petrify的同义词之：其他释义
  terrify, frighten, harden, appall, horrify, solidify, stun, shock,

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. 对政治僵局可能会使经济发展停滞的担心

英汉词典释义

• 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"