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fossilize 音标拼音: [f'ɑsəl ,ɑɪz] vt. 使成化石,使陈腐
vi. 变成化石,变陈腐,固定化 使成化石,使陈腐变成化石,变陈腐,固定化 fossilize v 1: convert to a fossil; " The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone" [ synonym: { fossilize}, { fossilise}] 2: become mentally inflexible [ synonym: { fossilize}, { fossilise}] Fossilize \ Fos" sil* ize\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Fossilized}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Fossilizing}.] [ Cf. F. fossiliser.] 1. To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden. [ 1913 Webster] Ten layers of birthdays on a woman' s head Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth. -- Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster]
Fossilize \ Fos" sil* ize\, v. i. 1. To become fossil. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress. [ 1913 Webster] 31 Moby Thesaurus words for " fossilize": age, anneal, antiquate, become extinct, become obsolete, calcify, callous, case harden, cornify, date, fade, firm, fust, grow old, harden, indurate, lapidify, lithify, lose currency, molder, obsolesce, ossify, outdate, perish, petrify, rust, steel, superannuate, temper, toughen, vitrify
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