| 词汇 | ossify |
| 释义 | ossify verb uk /ˈɒs.ɪ.faɪ/ us /ˈɑː.sə.faɪ/ ossifyverb (IDEAS)[ I or T ]formaldisapproving If habits or ideas ossify, or if something ossifies them, they become fixed and unable to change: （使）（习惯或思想）僵化;（使）固定不变 Years of easy success had ossified the company's thinking and it never faced up to the challenge of the new technology.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。 Not able to be changed be no hard and fast rulesidiom burn your boats/bridgesidiom congenital continuity deep-seated incorrigible incurably inelastic inelasticity inflexible irreversible irreversibly irrevocable irrevocably leopard unalterable unchangeable uncompromising uncompromisingly unredeemable ossifyverb (BODY)[ I ] medical specialized If body tissue ossifies, it becomes hard and changes into bone.（身体组织）骨化 Problems with bones, joints & teeth achondroplasia acromegaly ankylosed ankylosis anti-plaque caries carpal tunnel syndrome EDS Ehlers-Danlos syndrome fissure gap-toothed gouty herniated disc tartar tendinitis tennis elbow TMD TMJ trigger finger water on the knee Related wordossified Examples of ossifyossify It consists of two heavily ossified limbs with a membrane of bone interposed between them. These bones are strongly ossified and heavily sculptured by irregular pits and low ridges. We may find surprising results, fire station designs hidden in the rules, but this is limited, because the rules have ossified past decisions. Libraries are being ossified into tombs of tomes. Other features, less easily identified on ultrasound include hypoplastic scapulae, narrow iliac wings and a poorly ossified pubis. The bones are delicate, feebly ossified. 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. Too many investment portfolios have become ossified by high rates of capital gains tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would ossify and fossilise the wages councils and make it much more difficult for them to break into the area of free collective bargaining. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No society can ossify in perpetuity its land settlement patterns. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I wonder whether there may be an effect here of ossifying error. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Obviously, aid cannot be ossified—either the level of aid or the recipients at any one time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is immobility a city will ossify and decline. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It does nothing to increase the supply of new accommodation but it will serve to ossify the market. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of ossify These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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