adj. 石化的；老化的；僵化的
v. 石化（fossilize的过去式和过去分词）

[ adj ]
set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
<adj.all>
obsolete fossilized waysan ossified bureaucratic system

Fossilize \Fos"sil*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fossilized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Fossilizing}.] [Cf. F. fossiliser.]
1. To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize
bones or wood.

2. To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by
fossilization; to mummify; to deaden.

Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head
Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth. --Mrs.
Browning.


Fossilized \Fos"sil*ized\, a.
Converted into a fossil; antiquated; firmly fixed in views or
opinions.

A fossilized sample of confused provincialism. --Earle.