petrify的词源

英文词源

petrify (v.)

1590s, from Middle French pétrifier "to make or become stone" (16c.), from Latin petra "rock, crag" (see petrous) + -ficare, from facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Metaphoric sense of "paralyze with fear or shock" first recorded 1771. Related: Petrified; petrifying.

中文词源

petrify：使石化，惊呆

来自拉丁语petra,石头，词源同petroleum,-fy,使。引申词义使石化，惊呆。

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