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petrify['petrifai]vt.1.■[常用被动语态]使石化；使化为石：The Petrified Forest National Park is located in Arizona of U.S.A.石化森林国家公园位于美国亚利桑那州。2.■使僵化；使坚硬；使消失活力，使麻木：Redundant slogans are apt to petrify a man's thinking.口号过多容易使人思想僵化。3.■(因恐惧、惊慌等而)发呆：She was petrified with terror.她被吓得目瞪口呆。vi.1.■变僵硬；石化：The cement petrified after many years' erosion.经过多年的侵蚀，水泥石化了。2.■僵化；丧失活力：Principles and rules have petrified with the accumulated weight of precedent.由于层层先例的累积使原则和章程变得僵化呆板了。3.■吓呆；变呆；惊呆：to petrify with grief悲痛欲绝变形vt.petrifiedpetrifying |