petrified
petrified 英 [ˈpetrɪfaɪd]
adj. 惊呆的；目瞪口呆的 v. 使石化；变僵硬；发呆（petrify的过去分词）
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- adj. 惊呆的；目瞪口呆的
- v. 使石化；变僵硬；发呆（petrify的过去分词）
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1. That night, the lion stayed out in the cold, starving, petrified and not knowing what to expect of "the night" when morning dawned.
那只狮子在那边又饿又冷整个晚上，又害怕，不晓得明天早上那个「晚上」会再对待它怎么样？
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2. Coal deposits, after all, are petrified peat swamps, and peat is made from decaying plants, which leave their imprints in mud and clay as it hardens into shale stone.
毕竟煤炭矿床本身就是石化的泥炭沼泽，而泥炭的成份是腐烂的植物。 当粘土泥浆逐渐硬化成页岩石，腐烂的植物则在上面留下了它们的印记。
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3. I know some speakers who are petrified of presenting demos for fear that something will go wrong.
我知道，一些演讲者因为害怕出状况而在演示过程中呆板的遵循演示文稿。
- petrified (adj.) 1660s, "turned to stone," past-participle adjective from petrify (v.). Figurative meaning "paralyzed (with fright, etc.)" is from 1720.
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