Ossify
[ 'ɑsɪfaɪ ]
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vt.& vi. 骨化，硬化，使僵化;
💡 词根助记
oss骨头+ify...化 → 钙化，僵化
📝 例句
It is easy for the mind to ossify.
脑筋是易于僵化的。
ossify the tissue
使肌肉组织骨化
🌱 联想助记
fosill <骨头>化石，词中有 osi 骨头；当了 boss 你骨头就硬起来了；
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
ossify
v
(pt, pp -fied) [I, Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态]
(fml 文)
1 (cause sth to) become hard like bone; change into bone （使某物）骨化; 变成骨.
2 (fml derog 文, 贬) (cause sth to) become rigid and unable to change （使某事物）僵化, 不能更动
Beliefs have ossified into rigid dogma. 信仰已僵化为不可更动的教条.
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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We are going to celebrate all weekend.
我们整个周末都要进行庆祝。
The doctor advised me to get plenty of exercise.
医生劝我要多运动。
Five days ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away.
那位警察对他说，那辆自行车是5天前在400英里外的一个小村里发现的，