[ˈpetrəˌfaɪŋ]
petrifying如何读
petrifying是什么意思
- vt.使石化；使发呆
- vi.石化
petrifying英英释义
Verb:
- cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned;
"The horror petrified his feelings"
"Fear petrified her thinking" - change into stone;
"the wood petrified with time"
- make rigid and set into a conventional pattern;
"rigidify the training schedule"
"ossified teaching methods"
"slogans petrify our thinking"
petrifying词源英文解释
from present participle of petrify
The first known use of petrifying was in 1782
petrifying 例句
1 Holley gifts his readers with a uniquely intimate history of Black liberation that clearly demonstrates the error in petrifying these figures.
2 Amid the high stakes of a health crisis, the wall of language can make a scary situation downright petrifying.
3 For Cody, being unable to budge, reach his inhaler or see the rescue efforts is petrifying.
4 No matter how hard his speechwriters work to make him buoyant and collegial, Trump needs to depict a country facing a petrifying crisis.
5 "It can really be something else, you know? The ocean can be scary when there are no waves. When here is big… it can be petrifying."
6 That is petrifying — especially regarding a national security adviser whose job is essentially that of an honest broker.
7 This is a petrifying moment in our lives.
8 A: No, but I will say this: His big toe was so petrifying, it could scare the stripes off a zebra.
9 Democrats call it 'petrifying' Senate Democrats, however, were quick to admonish the video.
10 His extraordinary, petrifying ride has taught him a lot about the modern world.
11 Trauma is never far away, often appearing in the most innocent disguises, like a simple swimming lesson that becomes a petrifying test of manliness.
12 But Daniel Hudson and Doolittle, pushed to the very edge of the plank, survived in a game with almost petrifying late-inning tension.
13 “I am trying to not let myself get carried away by the petrifying impact that fear leaves behind, this sensation of defenselessness.”
14 Near the end things get cold: “The room was slowly petrifying. Whitening. The warm tones of polished wood had bleached, like a bone in the sun, like a body left on a mountainside.”
15 "It was one of the most petrifying experiences of my life," Thomas remembers.
16 I found the climb absolutely petrifying.
我觉得这次爬山太吓人了。
17 Worse still, it isn’t actually necessary to look to space for petrifying danger.
18 “Black Monday” was a petrifying moment — an even bigger decline in both points and percentage than the stock market crash of 1929.
19 McGillivray, now 37, said she was initially afraid to speak out, calling it “petrifying.”
20 I was the concertmaster for his concert, which was petrifying and thrilling.