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单词 fossilize
释义
fossilize
verb
(UKusuallyfossilise)
uk
/ˈfɒs.ɪ.laɪz/us
/ˈfɑː.səl.aɪz/
[IorT]
tobecomeor to make somethingbecomeafossil(= somethingpreservedinrockfor a verylongperiod):
Theremainsgraduallyfossilized.遗体逐渐变成了化石。
Lavaburiedtheforest,eventuallyfossilizing thetrees.
[I]
tofailtochangeevenafterbecomingold-fashioned:
After hediedwecontinuedtofollowhismethods, and theorganizationfossilized.
Ourconceptscan sometimes fossilize as we getolder.
More examples
  • Onlybonesand hardareasfossilize.
  • Thebirds'bonesare veryfragileandtendtobreakdown before they fossilize.
  • a fossilizingprocessin whichwoodisgraduallyreplacedbysilica
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fossilization
(Definition offossilizefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
fossilize
verb[I]
(UKusuallyfossilise)
uk
/ˈfɒs.ɪ.laɪz/us
/ˈfɑː.səl.aɪz/
tobecomeafossil
变成化石；石化
Theremainsgraduallyfossilized.遗体逐渐变成了化石。

fossilize| American Dictionary

fossilize
verb[I]
us/ˈfɑs·əˌlɑɪz/
earth science
tobecomeafossil
(Definition offossilizefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffossilize

fossilize
The dark contrast of the fossilized cell walls suggests that a light element (low atomic number), perhaps carbon, is still present.
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However, this technique only provides an external morphological description of putative fossilized cells and is incapable of distinguishing between abiotic fossils of similar morphologies.
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These methods, especially in relation to the theory of frames, have imported a new interest into a subject which was in danger of becoming fossilized.
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The resulting structures (stromatolites) often undergo only moderate diagenesis andfossilizewith characteristic biofabrics.
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In the case of fossilized, older, adult learners this may be true.
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It is quite impossible, then, to give a principled reason why one part of the cluster wouldfossilizeand another would not.
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The mat-forming microorganisms were healthy when fossilized (by silicification) and showed no morphological signs of stress.
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The prediction, then, is that successful resetting is impossible, and the interlanguage grammar of every learner willfossilizeat the nontargetlike value.
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Close morphological resemblance to contemporaneous microorganisms and other fossilized microorganisms further support that interpretation.
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In such a situation the tendency for it tofossilizeinto ritualized officialese is increased because the countervailing influences of less formal varieties of the language are not so strong.
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Also, it cannot be ruled out that this first planktonic stage did not possess a calcified exoskeleton, which may explain why it has not been fossilized.
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We cannot unequivocally eliminate an ancient origin because the chemical signatures are similar to those of the fossil substrates, raising the possibility that they were fossilized together.
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The length of the present test section is not sufficient to reach the fossilized state and the data can support no firm conclusions with respect to a fully fossilized turbulence.
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It will be important below that the phonological environment in which the ex-process occurred (its 'structural description') is also fossilized, as the 'exceptions' to a change.
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When the conditions of acquisition are less advantageous, the learner language is likely tofossilizeat a lower level of proficiency, which is often the basic variety.
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