1. Over time, some learners begin fossilizing incorrect grammar patterns.
随着时间推移，一些学习者开始固化错误的语法模式。

2. Teachers try to prevent fossilizing errors in student writing.
教师努力防止学生写作中错误的固化。

3. Without practice, language skills may become fossilizing and rigid.
如果缺乏练习，语言能力可能会变得僵化。

A: Why is my English not improving?
A：为什么我的英语没有进步？

B: You might be fossilizing some incorrect habits.
B：你可能正在固化一些错误习惯。

1) 语言学习中错误习惯长期固定下来

2) 思维或表达方式变得僵化不再发展

3) 学习者停留在中间语言阶段无法进步

1. （语言学）石化现象，错误语言形式固定化

e.g. Learners risk fossilizing incorrect grammar patterns. 学习者可能会固化错误语法模式。

2. 变得僵化、不再变化

e.g. His learning style is fossilizing over time. 他的学习方式逐渐变得僵化。

verb / present participle

1. Becoming fixed in an unchanging form, especially referring to language habits or errors that become permanent in a learner's interlanguage.

Synonym: rigidifying, hardening