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    calcify

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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    cal·ci·fy /ˈkælsɪfaɪ/ verb (calcified, calcifying, calcifies) [intransitive, transitive]  HARD technical to become hard, or make something hard, by adding lime （使）钙化    → See Verb table    Origin calcify (1800-1900) Latin calx; → CHALK1
    cal·ci·fy verbChineseSyllable
    something become hard, Corpus hard, or to by make


    calcify
    cal‧ci‧fy /ˈkælsəfaɪ, ˈkælsɪfaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle calcified, present participle calcifying, third person singular calcifies) [intransitive and transitive]
     Date: 1800-1900
     Language: Latin
     Origin: calx; ⇨ chalk1
    technical to become hard, or make something hard, by adding lime


    cal·cifyBrE /ˈkælsɪfaɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkælsɪfaɪ/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they calcify BrE /ˈkælsɪfaɪ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkælsɪfaɪ/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it calcifies BrE /ˈkælsɪfaɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkælsɪfaɪz/ 🔊past simple calcified BrE /ˈkælsɪfaɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkælsɪfaɪd/ 🔊past participle calcified BrE /ˈkælsɪfaɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkælsɪfaɪd/ 🔊 -ing form calcifying BrE /ˈkælsɪfaɪɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkælsɪfaɪɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth) (specialist) to become hard or make sth hard by adding calcium salts （使）钙化，骨化▸ cal·ci·fi·ca·tion BrE /ˌkælsɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌkælsɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]