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单词 petrifaction
释义
petrifaction
noun[U]
geologyspecialized
uk
/ˌpet.rɪˈfæk.ʃən/us
/ˌpet.rəˈfæk.ʃən/
(alsopetrification,uk/ˌpet.rɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌpet.rə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/)
thenaturalprocessin whichdeadthingschangeto asubstancelikestoneover alongperiodoftime:
石化
They haveundergonepetrification.它们已石化。
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petrify
More examples
  • Thestoryincludespetrifaction, leylines,timebubblesandblackholes.
  • Thedeadbodiesoflagoonfishhadoccasionallyactedas afocusfor theprocessesof petrification.
  • It wasliterallyquitecommonforfairlyrecentburialsingraveyardsto have beendiscoveredto haveundergonevariousdegreesof petrification.
  • When theyhardenandpetrify, theybecomeakintomineralsbecause of the petrification oftheirbodies.
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(Definition ofpetrifactionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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Every fragment of obsidian orpetrifactionwas a subject of wonder, and a text for numberless thoughts.
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The inability to distinguish a fossil from a mineral in extreme cases ofpetrifactionled to their being abandoned or destroyed.
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Petrifactionis shown to be intrinsic to art in general.
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Petrifactionand a horrible hairdo quickly suggest the medusa.
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If the supremacy of the sign over the human body is signalled by the black flag of the last chapter,petrifactionis at its most sublime in the penultimate chapter.
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Thepetrifactionprocess occurs underground, when wood becomes buried under sediment and is initially preserved due to a lack of oxygen which inhibits aerobic decomposition.
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This is also calledpetrifaction, as in petrified wood.
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The artist has layered 40 metre long walls of ashes behind glass, as archives ofpetrifaction.
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As a result, calcium carbonate from the surrounding soil had replaced the flesh leading topetrifaction.
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There might the recluse have lived till his bones fell among thepetrifaction, but he was at length expelled from its gloomy precincts on account of his contraband iniquities.
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