The literal meaning of 'petrify' is 'turn to stone'.
petrify的字面意思是turnto stone（变成石头）。
In 1991, she discovered megafauna bones directly adjacent to stone tools—a headline-making find.
1991年，她在石器附近发现了巨型动物的骨头——这是头条新闻。
As punishment, Aegaeon was captured and subsequently tortured and turned to stone.
作为惩罚，埃该翁被捕，随后受到折磨，变成了石头。
Jasper hopes that she will turn cars and their owners to stone.
贾斯珀希望她把汽车和车主们都变成石头。
By the time I got to the end of our block, my legs had turned to stone.
我跑到我们这条街尽头的时候，腿像石头一样又硬又重。
Before leaving forever, he wanted to dry them... and they turned to stone.
离开此处之时，他把船立在岸边晒干……结果船都变成了石头。
This section of Queens, home to stone masons when he chose it for his studio, remains ungentrified.
当他选择皇后区这一部分作为工作室时，此处还是石匠之家，毫无中产阶级的痕迹。
In essence, the class has turned to stone because it is directly using the implementation class and is now brittle to change.
其实，该类已经变成“石头”，因为它在直接使用实现类并且现在能做的更改十分有限。
In addition to stone and terra cotta cats, the newfound Bastet temple housed this bust of Harpocrates, the Greek god of silence.
除了猫石像以外，新发现的Bastet神庙还存在着希腊沉寂之神Harpocrates的半身像。
Perseus, who killed Medusa, was able to confront her by looking at her reflection in his shield, thus avoiding being turned to stone.
杀死美杜莎的珀尔休斯通过在盾上观察她的影子，避免了变成石头而得以与她对抗。
"Nixon," according to Stone, was a "sober, winter" movie that attempted, mostly empathetically, to capture the loneliness and occasional despair of an unloved man.
Stone认为《尼克松》是个“淡定、冬季”片，试图以最大热情去刻画一个不被热爱的男人的孤独和偶尔的绝望。
Remains thought to belong to two males and three females were found next to stone tools and animal bones bearing cut marks, suggesting the species prepared meat for food.
这些遗骸化石被认为属于两名男性及三名女性，发现时旁边还有一些石器及有切割印迹的动物骨骼化石，这表明这些原始人当时在准备肉食。
They have recently improved and expanded the system by changing the floor covering from rubber to stone tiles, and have improved the layout of the mechanisms to improve energy generation.
他们目前要将其改造和扩大。比如更换表面覆盖物，把橡胶换成瓷砖；改进结构布局以产生更多的能量。
The development of industry has been a gradual process throughout human existence, from stone tools to modern technology.
从石器工具演进到现代技术，工业的发展是一个贯穿人类生存的渐进过程。
He believes that as far back as 30,000 B.C., hunters may have used a system of notation, engraved on bone and stone, to mark phases of the Moon.
他认为，远在公元前30,000年以前，猎人可能会用一套刻在骨头和石头上的符号系统来标记月相。
As wood was so plentiful, it was cheaper to use than the stone used in the buildings of other European cultures.
由于木材十分充足，它比其他欧洲文化中建筑所用的石材更便宜。
We walked down some stone steps to the beach.
我们走下几级石阶，来到海滩上。
The stone steps, dating back to 1855, are beginning to wear.
这些可以追溯到1855年的石阶开始出现磨损。
She leaned her bike against the stone wall and stood on tiptoe to peer over it.
她把自行车靠在石墙上，然后踮起脚从墙头望过去。
The olives are crushed to a pulp by stone rollers.
橄榄由石磙碾成浆。
We can talk about Union Hill while I get this business over with. Kill two birds with one stone, so to speak.
我们可以谈谈尤宁山，同时我把这件事干完。可以说是一举两得吧。
A memorial stone was dedicated to those who were killed in the war.
为阵亡将士纪念碑举行了落成典礼。
The Egyptians somehow moved the stone blocks to the pyramid site from about one kilometer away.
埃及人以某种方式把这些石块从大约一公里外搬到了金字塔遗址。
These students need to build skills and knowledge during college if they are to use their degrees as a stepping-stone to middle-class mobility.
如果这些学生想把学位作为进入中产阶级的垫脚石，那么他们需要在大学期间积累技能和知识。
The objects had to cover the whole world, from a cooking pot to a golden galleon, from a tool in the Stone Age to a credit card.
这些物品必须覆盖整个世界，从一个烹饪锅到一艘金色的帆船，从石器时代的工具到一张信用卡。
When we talk about a point we are referring to a piece of stone that's worked to a sharp point, in this case probably to be attached to a spear.
当我们说到矛头的时候，我们所指的都是一块被加工成尖头的石块，在这种情况下，这一石块很可能是要接在矛上的。
Naomi talked about the stone to her grandpa.
内奥米跟她的爷爷谈起了那块石头。
Welcome to our show, Prof. Stone.
欢迎来到我们的节目，斯通教授。
When he showed the stone to them, they were amazed.
他把石头给他们看时，他们都很惊奇。
It was not easy for the girl to move the stone.
对那个女孩来说，移动那块石头并不容易。
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