fos·sil·ize /ˈfɑsəˌlaɪz/
(vt.)使成化石,使陳腐(vi.)變成化石,變陳腐,固定化
Fos·sil·ize v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fossilized p. pr. & vb. n. Fossilizing ]
1. To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood.
2. To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden.
Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head
Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth. --Mrs. Browning.
Fos·sil·ize, v. i.
1. To become fossil.
2. To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress.
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fossilize
v 1: convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are
now embedded in the limestone" [syn: fossilise]
2: become mentally inflexible [syn: fossilise]