petrify是什么意思

双语例句

(1)I'm petrified by the magnificent opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

这宏大壮观的奥运会开幕式让我惊呆了。

(2)It is said that Medusa's eyes could petrify everything she saw.

传说美杜莎的双眼可以将看到的一切事物石化。

(3)The haunted house petrified me a lot.

这个鬼屋把我吓得不轻。

(4)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

(5)The literal meaning of 'petrify' is 'turn to stone'.

petrify的字面意思是turn to stone（变成石头）。

(6)Slogans petrify our thinking.

口号僵化了我们的思想。

(7)To convert to a mineral substance; petrify.

这些矿物质使水有毒。

(8)Redundant slogans are apt petrify aman's thinking.

口号过多容易使人思想僵化。

(9)Redundant slogans are apt to petrify a man's thinking.

口号过多容易使人思想僵化。

词根词缀

同根词 petr 石, 岩石

(1)petrol n. 汽油

(2)petrification n. 石化；惊呆；吓呆；石化物；化石

(3)petroleum n. 石油；原油

-ify 动词后缀

(1)classify v. 把… 分类；将… 归入一类；将（文件；公文；情报）定为机密

(2)terrify v. 使害怕；使恐惧；使惊吓

(3)disqualify v. 取消…的资格；取消…竞赛资格；使…不适合；使…不合格

(4)certify v. 证明；证实；正式证明（某人；某物）具有某种资格；正式证明…精神失常

(5)purify v. 使纯净；净化；使在礼仪上洁净；清洗（或清除）、洗净…不必要的成分

(6)amplify v. 增强音量；增强；放大；使变得明显；扩增；扩充；详述

(7)magnify v. 放大；扩大；赞美；颂扬；夸大；增大；加强；夸张

(8)solidify v. 硬化；凝固；加强；巩固

(9)notify v. 知照；通知；告知；申报

(10)pacify v. 使平静；安抚；平息；平定；绥靖

(11)detoxify v. 为…去毒；为…解毒；戒毒；使（酗酒者）戒掉酒瘾；使（吸毒者）戒掉毒瘾；戒酒；变得无毒

(12)rectify v. 纠正；矫正；修正；整顿；整流；把（交流电）转变成直流电；求曲线的直线等长

(13)desertification n. 沙漠化；荒漠化

(14)justify v. 说明或证明正确或合理；称义；使有义；排列整齐；有充分理由

(15)identifiable adj. 可辨认的；可识别的

(16)justification n. 正当的理由；辩护；辩解

(17)testify v. 作证；证明

(18)ratify v. 签署；正式批准；认可

(19)identify v. 识别；指认；认为…与…有紧密联系；认出；辨别出；使等同于；认为…与…一致；与…一致；和…打成一片

(20)signify v. 指示；表示；表明；相互吹牛；相互辱骂；要紧；作为…的符号；有… 的意思

(21)gratify v. 给（人）快意；使满意；纵情；沉湎；满足

(22)deify v. 把…神化

(23)dignify v. 使显得有尊严；给…增光；将（被认为无用的人或物）变得崇高；使显得堂皇；抬高…的身价

(24)objectify v. 用具体形式表达；使具体化；使（把人）降格为物体；看做是一样东西

(25)diversify v. 不同；多样化；多样化经营；扩大经营范围；扩大（公司）经营范围；使（公司）经营多样化

(26)nullify v. 使无法律效力；使无效；否定；抵消；使无用；使无价值

(27)crucify v. 将…钉在十字架上处死；折磨；迫害；诋毁；不断地严厉批评

(28)modify v. 修改；更改；改变；使改形；使转化；修饰；变

(29)fortify v. 筑防御工事于；设防于；使强壮；鼓舞；增加酒精含量；提高…的营养价值

(30)gratification n. 满足；喜悦；使人满意之事；满意

(31)horrify v. 使恐怖；使惊骇

(32)fortification n. 防御工事；防御城墙；设防；筑城；筑垒

释义

v.

make (someone) so frightened that they are unable to move or think

使惊呆，把…吓呆

his icy controlled quietness petrified her

他那种冰冷的有克制的沉默把她吓呆了

[as adj. petrified]the petrified child clung to the side of her mother.

吓呆的孩子紧紧地靠着母亲。

change (organic matter) into a stony concretion by encrusting or replacing its original substance with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit

使变成石头，使石化。

[no obj.](of organic matter)become converted into stone or a stony substance in such a way

变成石头，石化。

figurative deprive or become deprived of vitality or the capacity for change

〈喻〉 （使）僵化；（使）丧失活力

[with obj.]death merely petrifies things for those who go on living

对活下去的人而言，死亡只是使事物丧失活力

[no obj.]the inner life of the old system petrified.

旧制度的内在生命僵化了。

词源

"late Middle English： from French pétrifier, from medieval Latin　petrificare, from Latin petra　‘rock', from Greek."