fossilise

英['fɒsɪlaɪz] 美['fɒsəlˌaɪz]
  • v. (使)变为化石;使陈腐
  • =fossilize(美).
  • foss n.沟;渠道;护城河=fosse.
  • fossa n.小窝;沟
  • fossate adj.[解]有窝的;凹的
  • fosse n.护城河;壕沟=foss.
  • fossette n.小窝;酒窝
Verb:
  1. convert to a fossil;

    "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone"

  2. become mentally inflexible

1. The most important parts, the flowers, rarely fossilise.
最重要的部分,即花朵,很少成为化石。

来自柯林斯例句