fossilisation

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A noun referring to the process by which organic remains from past geological ages become petrified, or metaphorically, the process of becoming rigid and outdated.

• 🇨🇳名词，指有机遗骸经过漫长地质年代转变为化石的过程；也比喻思想、制度等变得僵化、陈旧、不合时宜。

1. Process of becoming a fossil B2 formal scientific

   The natural process by which the remains of a plant or animal from a past geological age are preserved and turned into stone.

   • The fossilisation of the dinosaur bones took millions of years.
   • Scientists study the fossilisation process to understand ancient life.
   • Rapid burial is essential for the fossilisation of soft tissues.

   🇨🇳化石化过程

   同义词: petrifactionpetrification

2. Becoming outdated or rigid C1 formal

   The process of becoming fixed, inflexible, or outdated, often in ideas, habits, or systems.

   • The fossilisation of the company's management style led to its decline.
   • Linguistic fossilisation can occur when a language learner stops improving.
   • The fossilisation of old traditions can hinder social progress.

   🇨🇳僵化过时

   同义词: calcificationhardeningossificationpetrificationrigidificationstagnation

   反义词: adaptationchangeevolutionflexibilityinnovation

• fossilisations plural form
• fossilisations' possessive plural form
• fossilisation's possessive singular form