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单词 petrify
释义
petrify
verb
uk
/ˈpet.rə.faɪ/us
/ˈpet.rə.faɪ/

petrifyverb(FRIGHTEN)

[T]
tofrightensomeone a lot,especiallyso that they areunabletomoveorspeak:
把…吓呆，使惊呆
Ithinkyou petrifiedpoorFrazer - he never said a word thewholetimeyou were here.我想你把可怜的弗雷泽吓呆了，你在的时候他一句话也没说。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Frightening and scaring
  • chillsomeoneto the bone/marrowidiom
  • cow
  • creep
  • curdle
  • daylight
  • dreadful
  • flesh
  • ghoulish
  • jump scare
  • makesomeone'sblood curdleidiom
  • makesomeone'sblood run coldidiom
  • makeyourflesh crawl/creepidiom
  • scare
  • scaresomeoneshitlessidiom
  • scaremongering
  • send
  • send chills down/upsomeone'sspineidiom
  • send shivers down/upsomeone'sspineidiom
  • shiver
  • the heebie-jeebies
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petrifyverb(CHANGE TO STONE)

[I]geologyspecialized
Ifdeadthings petrify, theychangeto asubstancelikestoneover alongperiodoftime.
变成石样物，石化
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Palaeontology & fossils
  • ammonite
  • ammonoid
  • biozone
  • carbon dating
  • fossil
  • fossil record
  • fossilization
  • fossilize
  • fossilized
  • index fossil
  • microfossil
  • missing link
  • palaeontologist
  • palaeontology
  • petrifaction
  • radiocarbon dating

Related word

petrifaction
(Definition ofpetrifyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpetrify

petrify
In some sense, the most vivid element is that of the voice which is found to be, as if petrified, turned into a statue.
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Each student exhibited their personal degree of fear, nervousness, and skepticism, and some were petrified to the point of speechlessness.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The photograph has often been aligned with notions of death, as it may resemble an actuality fixed, petrified, frozen.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The statement of considerate death from a pack of coyotes petrified everyone.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The prospect of an early election petrifies them, and the reasons are there for all to see.
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I believe that would be extremely bad and very petrifying to the whole structure and growth of the medium as we see it.
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The great danger is standardisation with its petrifying tendencies, which stamp out initia- tive.
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I call it perturbing and petrifying.
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As a result of this petrifying system, we do not have the proper flow which ought to mark a free economy able to meet changing needs and demands.
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He also sprays his fear gas which petrifies his victims; however, it only works at close range.
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He was accepted despite protests that petrified the assembly.
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She has to transport a boulder made of petrified reverse wood that naturally terrifies (petrifies) everyone else.
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Maedar appear as muscular, hairless, human males, and lack the female medusa's snake-like hair and petrifying gaze.
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An understanding of the petrifying gravity of wealth and the freedom of ' asceticism ' develops.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Keywords: silicification, sinter, epithermal, permineralized, permineralised, petrified.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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