petrify

• vi. 石化；驚呆
• vt. 使…石化；使…驚呆

來自拉丁語petra,石頭，詞源同petroleum,-fy,使。引申詞義使石化，驚呆。

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.

1. Slogans petrify our thinking.

口號僵化了我們的思想.

來自互聯網

2. To convert to a mineral substance ; petrify.

這些 礦物質 使水有毒.

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