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ossify
UK ['ɒs.ɪ.faɪ] US ['ɑ:.sə-] verb
IDEAS 思想
intransitive or transitive formal disapproving
■If habits or ideas ossify, or if something ossifies them, they become fixed and unable to change （使）（习惯或思想）僵化；（使）固定不变•Years of easy success had ossified the company's thinking and it never faced up to the challenge of the new technology.多年来轻易取得的成功令这家公司变得思维僵化，从不勇敢面对新技术带来的挑战。
UK ['ɒs.ɪ.faɪ] US ['ɑ:.sə-] verb
BODY 身体
intransitive specialized
■If body tissue ossifies, it becomes hard and changes into bone. （身体组织）骨化 |