ossify

英 [ˈɒsɪfaɪ]

美 [ˈɑːsɪfaɪ]

v.  僵化; 使固定不变; 使骨化; 骨质化

过去分词：ossified　过去式：ossified　现在分词：ossifying　第三人称单数：ossifies　

GRE

BNC.48357 / COCA.36004

牛津词典

verb

• 僵化；使固定不变
  to become or make sth fixed and unable to change
  1. an ossified political system
     僵化的政治制度
• 使骨化；骨质化
  to become or make sth hard like bone

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）僵化；（使）一成不变；（使）墨守成规
  If an idea, system, or organizationossifiesor if somethingossifiesit, it becomes fixed and difficult to change.
  1. It reckons that rationing would ossify the farm industry...
     人们认为实行配给制会使农业失去活力。
  2. British society tended to ossify and close ranks as the 1930s drew to their close.
     英国社会在20世纪30年代末期趋于保守和自闭。
  3. ...an ossified institution.
     僵化的机构

英英释义

verb

• become bony
  1. The tissue ossified
• cause to become hard and bony
  1. The disease ossified the tissue
• make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
  1. rigidify the training schedule
  2. ossified teaching methods
  3. slogans petrify our thinking
  Synonym:rigidifypetrify

双语例句