| 词汇 | petrifaction |
| 释义 | petrifaction noun[ U ] geology specializeduk /ˌpet.rɪˈfæk.ʃən/ us /ˌpet.rəˈfæk.ʃən/(alsopetrification, uk /ˌpet.rɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌpet.rə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/) the natural process in which dead things change to a substance like stone over a long period of time: 石化 They have undergone petrification.它们已石化。 See petrify The story includes petrifaction, ley lines, time bubbles and black holes. The dead bodies of lagoon fish had occasionally acted as a focus for the processes of petrification. It was literally quite common for fairly recent burials in graveyards to have been discovered to have undergone various degrees of petrification. When they harden and petrify, they become akin to minerals because of the petrification of their bodies. Palaeontology & fossils ammonite ammonoid biozone carbon dating fossil fossil record fossilization fossilize fossilized index fossil microfossil missing link palaeontologist palaeontology petrify radiocarbon dating unfossiliferous Examples of petrifactionpetrifaction Every fragment of obsidian or petrifaction was a subject of wonder, and a text for numberless thoughts. The inability to distinguish a fossil from a mineral in extreme cases of petrifaction led to their being abandoned or destroyed. Petrifaction is shown to be intrinsic to art in general. Petrifaction and a horrible hairdo quickly suggest the medusa. If the supremacy of the sign over the human body is signalled by the black flag of the last chapter, petrifaction is at its most sublime in the penultimate chapter. The petrifaction process occurs underground, when wood becomes buried under sediment and is initially preserved due to a lack of oxygen which inhibits aerobic decomposition. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This is also called petrifaction, as in petrified wood. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The artist has layered 40 metre long walls of ashes behind glass, as archives of petrifaction. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As a result, calcium carbonate from the surrounding soil had replaced the flesh leading to petrifaction. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There might the recluse have lived till his bones fell among the petrifaction, but he was at length expelled from its gloomy precincts on account of his contraband iniquities. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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