in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 fossilise
1 V-ERG (使)成为化石;石化 If the remains of an animal or plant fossilize or are fossilized, they become hard and form fossils, instead of decaying completely. (使)成为化石;石化
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The most important parts, the flowers, rarely fossilise. [VERB]
最重要的部分，即花朵，很少成为化石。
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The survival of the proteins depends on the way in which bones are fossilised. [be VERB-ed]
蛋白质是否存留取决于骨头被石化的方式。
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...fossilized dinosaur bones. [VERB-ed]
恐龙骨骼化石
2 V-ERG (使)僵化;(使)陈旧 If you say that ideas, attitudes, or ways of behaving have fossilized or have been fossilized, you are criticizing the fact that they are fixed and unlikely to change, in spite of changing situations or circumstances. (使)僵化;(使)陈旧 [disapproval]
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What they seem to want to do in fact is fossilize the particular environment in which people live and work. [VERB noun]
他们似乎想要做的实际上就是让人们生活和工作的环境固定不变。
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Needs change while policies fossilize. [VERB]
需要发生改变，但是政策僵化不变。
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