fossilize

英 ['fɒsəlaɪz] 美 ['fɑːsəlaɪz]

• vt. 使成化石；使陈腐
• vi. 变成化石；变陈腐；固定化

英英释义

Verb:

1. convert to a fossil;

   "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone"
   

2. become mentally inflexible

经典引文

• He could..imagine himself finally stopping and freezing and fossilizing.

  出自： T. O

• It is difficult to believe that..a jellyfish could retain its shape long enough to be fossilized.

  出自： D. Attenborough

近反义词

【近义词】

• petrify 使石化
• solidify 变固体
• harden (使)变硬
• calcify 钙化
• ossify 骨化
• fossilise （使）变为化石...