搜尋結果
fossilize
- IPA[ˈfäsəˌlīz]
美式
- preserve (an organism) so that it becomes a fossil;become a fossil
verb: fossilize, 3rd person present: fossilizes, gerund or present participle: fossilizing, past tense: fossilized, past participle: fossilized
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. preserve (an organism) so that it becomes a fossil the hard parts of the body are readily fossilized
- ▪ become a fossil flowers do not readily fossilize
- ▪ become or cause to become antiquated, fixed, or incapable of change or development we want to see a working countryside—we don't want to see it fossilized