| 词汇 | petrifying |
| 释义 | petrifying present participle ofpetrify 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 chill someone to the bone/marrowidiom cow cow someone into something/doing something creep curdle daylight flesh ghoulishly heart-stopping heebie-jeebies jump scare make someone's blood curdleidiom scare scare someone into doing something scare someone shitlessidiom scaremongering send send chills down/up someone's spineidiom shiver 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 petrify radiocarbon dating unfossiliferous Related wordpetrifaction Examples of petrifyingpetrifying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. An understanding of the petrifying gravity of wealth and the freedom of ' asceticism ' develops. It was tied up with a prices and incomes policy which had the effect of petrifying wages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the petrifying worry that so many people feel in the circumstances under the ground of two weeks' notice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is petrifying to think that it was so long ago. 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 It intimidates its foe by raising its head high and glaring at them, usually petrifying enemies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It scared me personally, though, because the idea of going through something like that is petrifying. 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. Called petrifying springs, they are quite common in limestone districts. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Victoria's party visited a pair of museums and a petrifying well. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Catastrophe is also capable of petrifying characters. 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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