fossilize
verb(British English also fossilise)
- [transitive, usually passive, intransitive] fossilize (something)
to make an animal or a plant become a fossil; to become a fossil (使)变成化石,石化 The bones have been fossilized and beautifully preserved. 骨头已经变成化石,保存完好。 Flowers do not readily fossilize. 花朵不容易变成化石。
- [intransitive, transitive] fossilize (somebody/something) (disapproving)
to become, or make somebody/something become, fixed and unable to change or develop (使人或物)僵化