| 词汇 | ossified |
| 释义 | ossified adjective uk /ˈɒs.ɪ.faɪd/ us /ˈɑː.sə.faɪd/ ossifiedadjective (IDEAS)formaldisapproving (of habits or ideas) fixed and unable to change: 僵化的，固定不变的 The institutions of government have become more ossified and inflexible.政府机构变得更加僵化死板。 He tried to push liberalizing policies through an ossified bureaucracy.他试图通过僵化的官僚机构推动政策的自由化。 staying the same constantCheck to make sure your oven maintains a constant temperature. the sameYou look exactly the same as you did ten years ago! same old same oldThe Italian restaurant is under new management, but it's just the same old same old. unchangingHis novel is about the unchanging nature of humanity. unchangeableThe company's position on the matter is absolute and unchangeable. The whole system has become ossified and unresponsive. Fight the tendency to become ossified in your musical tastes. The government must escape its ossified past. Hard and firm (as) stiff/straight as a ramrodidiom adamantine cast iron congealed crisply dilatancy dilatant erect firm firmness fossilized petrified ramrod rigid rigidity rock-hard solidly tense unjointed unyielding ossifiedadjective (BODY)medical specialized (of body tissue) having become hard and changed into bone: 骨质化的 The bones in the creature's feet were only partially ossified.这种生物脚内的骨骼只是部分骨质化。 With increasing age the joints between the bones may become ossified.随着年龄的增长，骨骼间的关节可能发生骨质化。 See ossify The fontanelle is a membrane-covered space between cranial bodies in the fetus that later becomes ossified. The car was completely covered in ossified bird droppings. Thousands of fossilized dinosaur footprints have survived and become preserved in ossified rock. Hard and firm (as) stiff/straight as a ramrodidiom adamantine cast iron congealed crisply dilatancy dilatant erect firm firmness fossilized petrified ramrod rigid rigidity rock-hard solidly tense unjointed unyielding |
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