English Dictionary

petrify

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɛ.tɹəˌfaɪ/

動詞

自動詞 比喩的用法 他動詞

To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals. / To produce rigidity akin to stone. / To immobilize with fright.

日本語の意味

有機物を水分に浸透させ、溶解した鉱物を沈着させることで硬化させる / 石のような硬さを生じさせる / 恐怖によって動きを封じる

Over millions of years, groundwater helped petrify the fallen trees, turning them into stone.

何百万年もの間、地下水が倒木に浸透して溶解した鉱物を沈着させ、それらを石化させた。

意味（1）

To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.

a river that petrifies any sort of wood or leaves

意味（2）

To produce rigidity akin to stone.

意味（3）

To immobilize with fright.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.

意味（5）

(intransitive, figuratively) To become stony, callous, or obdurate.

Like Niobe we marble grow, / And petrify with grief.

意味（6）

(transitive, figuratively) To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.

petrify a genius to a dunce

petrifies （ present singular third-person ）

petrifying （ participle present ）

petrified （ participle past ）

petrified （ past ）