| 单词 | petrify |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['petri`fai] |
| 解释 | v.石化；吓呆 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 石化(to convert into stone)；吓呆(to confound with fear or awe) 【考】 evaporate :vapor / petrify : stone(蒸发产生蒸汽/石化 产生石头) 【记】 petr(石头)+ify→石 化 【例】 Over millions of years, the wood petrified. |
| 字源 | petrify (v.) 1590s, from Middle French pétrifier "to make or become stone" (16c.), from Latin petra "rock, crag" (see petrous) + -ficare, from facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Metaphoric sense of "paralyze with fear or shock" first recorded 1771. Related: Petrified; petrifying. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 使(木头或其它有机物)石化; 使惊呆 【记】petr石头, ify...化－石化; 【类】evaporate: vapor = petrify: stone蒸发产生蒸汽 = 石化产生石头 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】petri- 石头 + fy |
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