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ossify

🇬🇧 UK/'ɒsifai/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To harden into bone; to become or make rigid, inflexible, or set in habits and opinions.

骨化，硬化；（使）思想僵化，（使）固执保守

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
ossroot
+
ifyto make, to cause to become
=ossify

Common Collocations

  • 1.ossify into bone骨化
  • 2.ossified thinking僵化的思维

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Cartilage gradually ossifies into bone as children grow during development.

  • 2.

    His ossified thinking prevented him from accepting new and better ideas.

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