Fossilize

['fɒs(ə)laɪz;'fɒsɪlaɪz]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) become mentally inflexible.

(verb.) convert to a fossil; 'The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone'.

錄入:卢--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood.

(v. t.) To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden.

(v. i.) To become fossil.

(v. i.) To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress.

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