calcify
英 ['kælsɪfaɪ]
美['kælsɪfaɪ]
- vi. 钙化；变成石灰质
- vt. 使钙化；使思想僵化
英英释意
- 1. become impregnated with calcium salts
- 2. become inflexible and unchanging;
- "Old folks can calcify"
- 3. turn into lime; become calcified;
- "The rock calcified over the centuries"
- 4. convert into lime;
- "the salts calcified the rock"