资料来源 : pyDict
使成化石,使陈腐变成化石,变陈腐,固定化
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
2. To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by
fossilization; to mummify; to deaden.
Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head Are apt to
fossilize her girlish mirth. --Mrs.
Browning.
Fossilize \Fos"sil*ize\, v. i.
1. To become fossil.
2. To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the
influence of change or progress.
资料来源 : WordNet®
fossilize
v 1: convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are
now embedded in the limestone" [syn: {fossilise}]
2: become mentally inflexible [syn: {fossilise}]