ossified
adjective uk/ˈɒs.ɪ.faɪd/ us/ˈɑː.sə.faɪd/
(IDEAS)
formal disapproving僵化的，固定不变的
(of habits or ideas) fixed and unable to change
The institutions of government have become more ossified and inflexible. 政府机构变得更加僵化死板。
He tried to push liberalizing policies through an ossified bureaucracy. 他试图通过僵化的官僚机构推动政策的自由化。
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- The whole system has become ossified and unresponsive.
- Fight the tendency to become ossified in your musical tastes.
- The government must escape its ossified past.
(BODY)
medical specialized骨质化的
(of body tissue) having become hard and changed into bone
The bones in the creature's feet were only partially ossified. 这种生物脚内的骨骼只是部分骨质化。
With increasing age the joints between the bones may become ossified. 随着年龄的增长，骨骼间的关节可能发生骨质化。
See: ossify
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- The fontanelle is a membrane-covered space between cranial bodies in the fetus that later becomes ossified.
- The car was completely covered in ossified bird droppings.
- Thousands of fossilized dinosaur footprints have survived and become preserved in ossified rock.