os.si.fy
v.(动词)
os.si.fied,os.si.fy.ing,os.si.fies
v.intr.(不及物动词)
To change into bone; become bony.
骨化;成骨
To become set in a rigidly conventional pattern:
僵化:变得墨守成规:
例句:
.The central ideas of liberalism have ossified.(Jeffrey Hart)
.自由主义的主要观点已变得僵化.(杰弗里·哈特)
v.tr.(及物动词)
To convert (a membrane or cartilage, for example) into bone.
使骨化:使(如细胞膜、软骨等)变为骨头
To mold into a rigidly conventional pattern.
使僵化:使墨守成规
来源:
Latin os oss- [bone] * see ost-
拉丁语 os oss- [骨头] *参见 ost-
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【引伸】
ossif.ic