Calcify
['kælsɪfaɪ]
解释:
(verb.) convert into lime; 'the salts calcified the rock'.
(verb.) turn into lime; become calcified; 'The rock calcified over the centuries'.
(verb.) become impregnated with calcium salts.
(verb.) become inflexible and unchanging; 'Old folks can calcify'.
格里菲思校对--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.
(v. i.) To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.
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