fossilized
🇬🇧/ˈfɒsəlaɪzd/ 🇺🇸/ˈfɑːsəlaɪzd/📚 24091If the remains of an animal or plant fossilize or are fossilized, they become hard and form fossils, instead of decaying completely. 变成化石
verb [vt. 及物动词]石化；僵化（fossilize 的过去式与过去分词）
The tissue and cartilage of a nose are too soft to fossilize.
鼻部的组织和软骨结构太软，无法形成化石。
adjective [原级]石化的；僵化的；老化的（fossilised 的美式拼写）
Then there is fossilized pollen, from low shrubs and grasses that once grew in the Sahara.
还有一些石化的花粉，来自于曾经生长在撒哈拉的小灌木丛和草丛。
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