fossilize

英 [ˈfɒsəlaɪz]

美 [ˈfɑːsəlaɪz]

v.  (使)变成化石，石化; (使人或物)僵化

过去式：fossilized　过去分词：fossilized　第三人称单数：fossilizes　现在分词：fossilizing　

TOEFLGRE

BNC.42463 / COCA.31133

牛津词典

verb

• （使）变成化石，石化
  to become or make sth become a fossil
  1. fossilized bones
     成为化石的骨骼
• （使人或物）僵化
  to become, or make sb/sth become, fixed and unable to change or develop

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用fossilise


• V-ERG (使)成为化石;石化
  If the remains of an animal or plantfossilizeorare fossilized, they become hard and form fossils, instead of decaying completely.
  1. The most important parts, the flowers, rarely fossilise...
     最重要的部分，即花朵，很少成为化石。
  2. The survival of the proteins depends on the way in which bones are fossilised.
     蛋白质是否存留取决于骨头被石化的方式。
  3. ...fossilized dinosaur bones.
     恐龙骨骼化石
• V-ERG (使)僵化;(使)陈旧
  If you say that ideas, attitudes, or ways of behavinghave fossilizedorhave been fossilized, you are criticizing the fact that they are fixed and unlikely to change, in spite of changing situations or circumstances.
  1. What they seem to want to do in fact is fossilize the particular environment in which people live and work...
     他们似乎想要做的实际上就是让人们生活和工作的环境固定不变。
  2. Needs change while policies fossilize.
     需要发生改变，但是政策僵化不变。

英英释义

verb

• become mentally inflexible
  Synonym:fossilise
• convert to a fossil
  1. The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone
  Synonym:fossilise

双语例句

• They fossilize an industrial structure that needs to change.
  这些措施会令原本需要变革的产业结构陷入僵化。
• Needs change while policies fossilize.
  需要发生改变，但是政策僵化不变。
• What they seem to want to do in fact is fossilize the particular environment in which people live and work
  他们似乎想要做的实际上就是让人们生活和工作的环境固定不变。