单词：ossifies
音标：[ˈɔsəˌfaɪz] ；
v. 骨化, 硬化, 使僵化( ossify的第三人称单数 )
v become bony
v make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
v cause to become hard and bony
v make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
v cause to become hard and bony
ossify的用法和样例：
例句
用作动词(v.)
- It is easy for the mind to ossify.脑筋是易于僵化的。
- All fixed,fast-frozen relations,with their train of ancient and venerable prejudices and opinions,are swept away,all new-formed ones become antiquated before they can ossify.一切固定的僵化的关系以及与之相适应的素被尊崇的观念和见解都被消除了，一切新形成的关系等不到固定下来就陈旧了。
经典引文
Doubt..must in the end ossify the higher parts of the mind.
出自：R. H. HuttonThe omnipotent but ossified Soviet Academy of Sciences.
出自：Independent