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单词 ossify
释义
ossify
verb
uk
/ˈɒs.ɪ.faɪ/us
/ˈɑː.sə.faɪ/

ossifyverb(IDEAS)

[IorT]formaldisapproving
Ifhabitsorideasossify, or if something ossifies them, theybecomefixedandunabletochange:
（使）（习惯或思想）僵化；（使）固定不变
Yearsofeasysuccesshad ossified the company'sthinkingand it neverfacedup to thechallengeof the newtechnology.多年来轻易取得的成功让这家公司变得思维僵化，从不直面新技术带来的挑战。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not able to be changed
  • be no hard and fast rulesidiom
  • burnyourboats/bridgesidiom
  • congenital
  • continuity
  • deep-seated
  • incorrigible
  • incurably
  • inelastic
  • inelasticity
  • inflexible
  • irreversible
  • irreversibly
  • irrevocable
  • irrevocably
  • leopard
  • unadaptable
  • unalterable
  • unchangeable
  • uncompromising
  • uncompromisingly
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ossifyverb(BODY)

[I]medicalspecialized
Ifbodytissueossifies, itbecomeshard andchangesintobone.
（身体组织）骨化
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Problems with bones, joints & teeth
  • anti-plaque
  • anti-rachitic
  • anticaries
  • arthrosis
  • backache
  • bruxism
  • bunion
  • calculus
  • gout
  • impacted
  • lumbago
  • maxillofacial
  • myelomeningocele
  • ossification
  • osteoarthritis
  • osteomyelitis
  • periodontitis
  • rickets
  • RSI
  • slipped disc
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Related word

ossified
(Definition ofossifyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofossify

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It consists of two heavily ossified limbs with a membrane of bone interposed between them.
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These bones are strongly ossified and heavily sculptured by irregular pits and low ridges.
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We may find surprising results, fire station designs hidden in the rules, but this is limited, because the rules have ossified past decisions.
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Libraries are being ossified into tombs of tomes.
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Other features, less easily identified on ultrasound include hypoplastic scapulae, narrow iliac wings and a poorly ossified pubis.
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The bones are delicate, feebly ossified.
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To prop up the arguments here, or at least to see where they might stand if they were ossified, several lines of evidence can be noted.
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Too many investment portfolios have become ossified by high rates of capital gains tax.
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It wouldossifyand fossilise the wages councils and make it much more difficult for them to break into the area of free collective bargaining.
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No society canossifyin perpetuity its land settlement patterns.
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I wonder whether there may be an effect here of ossifying error.
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Obviously, aid cannot be ossified—either the level of aid or the recipients at any one time.
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If there is immobility a city willossifyand decline.
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It does nothing to increase the supply of new accommodation but it will serve toossifythe market.
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The fact is that in a time of immense change and opportunity, the industry's structure has been ossified by the act of nationalisation itself.
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