petrify

🇺🇸 /ˈpetrɪfaɪ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈpetrɪfaɪ/
詞頻
難度
標籤 RARE
verb
R

to scare someone very much

The thought of public speaking petrified him.

公開演講的念頭讓他感到非常害怕。

R

to become as hard as stone

Over time, the wood petrified and turned into fossil.

隨著時間的推移,木頭變成了化石。

translation

v. 使極度驚恐, 石化

詞形變化

3rd Present petrifies
Past petrified
Perfect petrified
Progressive petrifying