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petrify怎么读？

petrify

英 ['petrɪfaɪ] 美['pɛtrɪfaɪ]

英英释义实用场景例句

近义词frighten stone shock become appall harden horrify stun terrify

vi. 石化；惊呆
vt. 使…石化；使…惊呆

GRE畅通词汇

词态变化

第三人称单数: petrifies;过去式: petrified;过去分词: petrified;现在分词: petrifying;

中文词源

petrify 使石化，惊呆

来自拉丁语petra,石头，词源同petroleum,-fy,使。引申词义使石化，惊呆。

英文词源

petrify (v.): 1590s, from Middle French pétrifier "to make or become stone" (16c.), from Latin petra "rock, crag" (see petrous) + -ficare, from facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Metaphoric sense of "paralyze with fear or shock" first recorded 1771. Related: Petrified; petrifying.

双语例句

1. Slogans petrify our thinking.: 口号僵化了我们的思想.

2. To convert to a mineral substance ; petrify.: 这些矿物质使水有毒.