petrified

英 [ˈpetrɪfaɪd]

美 [ˈpetrɪfaɪd]

adj.  非常害怕; 恐慌的; 石化的
v.  使吓呆; 使惊呆; (使)石化
petrify的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：petrified　过去式：petrified　

BNC.14294 / COCA.15020

牛津词典

adj.

• 非常害怕；恐慌的
  extremely frightened
  1. a petrified expression
     惶恐的表情
  2. I'm petrified of snakes.
     我特别怕蛇。
  3. They were petrified with fear (= so frightened that they were unable to move or think) .
     他们都吓呆了。
• 石化的
  petrified trees, insects, etc. have died and been changed into stone over a very long period of time
  1. a petrified forest
     石化林

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 非常害怕的；吓呆的
  If you arepetrified, you are extremely frightened, perhaps so frightened that you cannot think or move.
  1. I've always been petrified of being alone...
     我总是害怕孤单一人。
  2. Most people seem to be petrified of snakes.
     好像很多人都怕蛇。
• ADJ （动植物）石化的
  Apetrifiedplant or animal has died and has gradually turned into stone.
  1. ...a block of petrified wood.
     一块木化石

双语例句

• The wood petrified with time.
  随着时间的推移这种木头石化了。
• Except that I think I'm still a little too petrified to laugh.
  只是我吓傻了，恐怕笑不出来。
• I was thinking about the accident I saw in the morning. I was petrified when two cars collide.
  我在想我今天早上看到的那起车祸，两车相撞的情景把我吓呆了。
• I am about to leave a relationship that isn't broken, and I'm petrified.
  我和一个男人的关系虽然还没结束，却想抽身退出，为此我感到惶恐不安。
• I was petrified to see a huge rhino bearing down on me.
  看见一头大犀牛朝我冲过来我都吓坏了。
• The passage of time has petrified trees.
  随着时光的流逝，树木石化了。
• I am petrified to see a huge animal bearing down on me.
  看见一头巨大的动物朝我冲来，我都吓呆了。
• We did a read-through with Michael Gambon, and I was petrified at the thought of the final scene.
  我们做了读通过迈克尔甘本，我的思想僵化的最后一幕。
• You have this child petrified.
  你把这小孩吓傻了！
• I've always been petrified of being alone
  我总是害怕孤单一人。