transcription, транскрипция: [ petrɪfaɪd ]
1.
If you are petrified , you are extremely frightened, perhaps so frightened that you cannot think or move.
I’ve always been petrified of being alone...
Most people seem to be petrified of snakes.
= terrified
ADJ : oft ADJ of n / -ing , ADJ that
2.
A petrified plant or animal has died and has gradually turned into stone.
...a block of petrified wood.
ADJ : ADJ n