| 词汇 | petrify |
| 释义 | petrify verb uk /ˈpet.rə.faɪ/ us /ˈpet.rə.faɪ/ petrifyverb (FRIGHTEN)[ T ] to frighten someone a lot, especially so that they are unable to move or speak: 把…吓呆，使惊呆 I think you petrified poor Frazer - he never said a word the whole time you were here.我想你把可怜的弗雷泽吓呆了，你在的时候他一句话也没说。 Frightening and scaring chill someone to the bone/marrowidiom cow cow someone into something/doing something creep curdle daylight frighten/scare someone out of their witsidiom ghoulish ghoulishly heart-stopping heebie-jeebies jump scare scare scare someone into doing something scare someone shitlessidiom scare/frighten the life out of someoneidiom scaremongering send shiver witless petrifyverb (CHANGE TO STONE)[ I ] geology specialized If dead things petrify, they change to a substance like stone over a long period of time.变成石样物，石化 Palaeontology & fossils ammonite ammonoid biozone carbon dating fossil fossil record fossilization fossilize fossilized index fossil microfossil missing link palaeontologist palaeontology petrifaction radiocarbon dating unfossiliferous Related wordpetrifaction Examples of petrifypetrify In some sense, the most vivid element is that of the voice which is found to be, as if petrified, turned into a statue. Each student exhibited their personal degree of fear, nervousness, and skepticism, and some were petrified to the point of speechlessness. The photograph has often been aligned with notions of death, as it may resemble an actuality fixed, petrified, frozen. The statement of considerate death from a pack of coyotes petrified everyone. The prospect of an early election petrifies them, and the reasons are there for all to see. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that would be extremely bad and very petrifying to the whole structure and growth of the medium as we see it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The great danger is standardisation with its petrifying tendencies, which stamp out initia- tive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I call it perturbing and petrifying. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As a result of this petrifying system, we do not have the proper flow which ought to mark a free economy able to meet changing needs and demands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He also sprays his fear gas which petrifies his victims; however, it only works at close range. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was accepted despite protests that petrified the assembly. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She has to transport a boulder made of petrified reverse wood that naturally terrifies (petrifies) everyone else. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Maedar appear as muscular, hairless, human males, and lack the female medusa's snake-like hair and petrifying gaze. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. An understanding of the petrifying gravity of wealth and the freedom of ' asceticism ' develops. Keywords: silicification, sinter, epithermal, permineralized, permineralised, petrified. See all examples of petrify 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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