ossify

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os·si·fy /ˈɒsɪfaɪ $ ˈɑː-/ verb (ossified, ossifying, ossifies)  1. [intransitive] formalCHANGE YOUR MIND to become unwilling to consider new ideas or change your behaviour 墨守成规；僵化2. [intransitive, transitive] technicalHBM to change into bone or to make something change into bone (使)骨化 —ossification /ˌɒsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən $ ˌɑːs-/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table

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ossify• Gorbachev faced an ossified economic system.• Usually musical traditions remain alive only if they are thriving, writing them down tends to ossify them and hasten their end.Origin ossify (1700-1800) French ossifier, from Latin os “bone”

os·si·fy verbChineseSyllable  

to consider to become Corpus unwilling new or ideas

ossify
os‧si‧fy /ˈɒsəfaɪ, ˈɒsɪfaɪ $ ˈɑː-/ verb (past tense and past participle ossified, present participle ossifying, third person singular ossifies)1. [intransitive] formal to become unwilling to consider new ideas or change your behaviour
2. [intransitive and transitive] technical to change into bone or to make something change into bone
—ossification /ˌɒsəfəˈkeɪʃən, ˌɒsɪfəˈkeɪʃən $ ˌɑːs-/ noun [uncountable]

os·sifyBrE /ˈɒsɪfaɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɑːsɪfaɪ/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they ossify BrE /ˈɒsɪfaɪ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɑːsɪfaɪ/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it ossifies BrE /ˈɒsɪfaɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɑːsɪfaɪz/ 🔊past simple ossified BrE /ˈɒsɪfaɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɑːsɪfaɪd/ 🔊past participle ossified BrE /ˈɒsɪfaɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɑːsɪfaɪd/ 🔊 -ing form ossifying BrE /ˈɒsɪfaɪɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɑːsɪfaɪɪŋ/ 🔊 [usually passive] [intransitive, transitive, usually passive] ~ (sth) (formal, disapproving) to become or make sth fixed and unable to change （使）僵化；（使）固定不变◆an ossified political system僵化的政治制度 [intransitive, transitive, usually passive] ~ (sth) (specialist) to become or make sth hard like bone 使骨化；骨质化▸ os·si·fi·ca·tion BrE /ˌɒsɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɑːsɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]