English Dictionary

ossified

adj

Having undergone the process of ossification (transformation into bone). / (figuratively) Inflexible, old-fashioned. / (Ireland, US, slang) Drunk.

The old tree had ossified branches that were no longer flexible.

意味（1）

Having undergone the process of ossification (transformation into bone).

ossified cartilage

意味（2）

(figuratively) Inflexible, old-fashioned.

Launching a new platform, he said, was like starting a new country: Getting users to move from an established network that had an ossified economy and social classes to a new network requires the possibility of success — the lure of the American Dream.

意味（3）

(Ireland, US, slang) Drunk.

At Wanda's house, two nights before the wedding, she, Jenny, and two other girls were doing shots with beer chasers while Tom and I and another guy watched as they all got ossified.