ossify ['ɔsifai]

英汉解释

vi. 骨化；硬化；僵化
vt. 使硬化；使骨化；使僵化

同义词

v. petrify，rigidify

参考例句

1. He began to ossify after he won the election.
他在竞选获胜后开始变得保守起来。
2. And when that happens, Saturn's presence can ossify into stubborn, haughty resistance.
当这种情况发生时，土星的出现能变为顽固、傲慢地抵抗。
3. The growth plates are soft to begin with and ossify over time, beginning from the hoof and working up the leg.
生长面最初是软的，随着时间发展才慢慢变硬，从蹄子开始一直到腿。

英英解释

v.
  1. become bony
  2. make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
  3. cause to become hard and bony

网络释义

ossify
骨化; 成骨; 脑子早已; 硬化，骨化;
ossify - transcend conventions
古板的 - 超越传统;
cirrhosis induration ossify rigidification scleroses sclerosis vulcanize
硬化;