English translation for "petrify"

[ 'petriˌfai ] 
vt.
(-fied)
1.【地质学；地理学】使(动植物)石化，石化(动、植物等)。
2.使变硬；使失去活力；使僵化；使顽固。
3.使迟钝；使发呆。
短语和例子
stand petrified (吓得)呆呆地站着。 be petrified with terror 吓呆。
vi.
1. 【地质学；地理学】石化；变僵硬。
2. 吓呆。

Example Sentences:

	1.	The petrified tree was a book of nature . 树木化石是大自然的历史记录。
	2.	The surprise petrified her an instant . 这个意外的事使她呆了一刻。
	3.	The fosters petrified for two minutes . 福斯脱夫妇呆若木鸡地坐了两分来钟。
	4.	His eye was on the note, and he was petrified . 他定睛望着钞票，也吓呆了。
	5.	Could any heart become quite petrified ? 难道任何一颗心都会变成麻木不仁的么？
	6.	It settled his passion and petrified his countenance . 它使他的怒气平息下来，使他的脸僵化了。
	7.	He was petrified with terror . 他吓得发呆。
	8.	"it's an old, sour, petrified world, the vatican world. " “这是衰老的、迂腐的、石化的世界，梵蒂冈的世界。
	9.	It was like a fine mask, suddenly startled, made angry, and petrified . 它好象是一副精制的假面具，突然惊起，发怒，然后成为僵石。
	10.	In that incredible, in that unprecedented uproar, the ministers sat petrified . 大臣们在那一阵不可思议，前所未有的喧闹声中，正襟危坐、呆若木鸡。

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