petrify

🇺🇸 /ˈpetrɪfaɪ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈpetrɪfaɪ/
頻度
難易度
タグ RARE
verb
R

to scare someone very much

The thought of public speaking petrified him.

公開スピーチの考えが彼を脅かしてる。

R

to become as hard as stone

Over time, the wood petrified and turned into fossil.

時間が経つにつれて、木が化石化して化石に変わった。

translation

v. 石化させる, 石のように硬くなる

語形変化

3rd Present petrifies
Past petrified
Perfect petrified
Progressive petrifying