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fossilize

vt.使成化石,使陈腐 vi.变成化石,搜集(或发掘)化石标本

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fossilize为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

动词过去式:fossilized 过去分词:fossilized 现在分词:fossilizing 第三人称单数:fossilizes 名词:fossilization

fossilize


/'fɒsəlaɪz; `fɑsl,aɪz/
v [I, Tn usu passive 通常用于被动语态]
1 (cause sth to) become a fossil (使某物)成为化石
*fossilized leaves 成为化石的叶子.
2 (fig 比喻) make (sth) or become out of date or fixed 使(某事物)(变得)过时或固定不变
*old-fashioned fossilized attitudes 落後的、固定不变的看法.

fossilize


v
[usually passive]
if people, ideas, systems etc fossilize or are fossilized, they never change or develop, even when there are good reasons why they should change
 Most couples, however fossilized their relationship, have some interests in common.
[I and T]
to become or form a fossil by being preserved in rock
 fossilized dinosaur bones
>fossilization [,fɔsɪlaɪ'zeɪʃən (US) ,fɑːsɪlə-/