英 [wækst] 美 [wækst]
adj. 上过蜡的;防水的
v. 渐渐变大;变为;给……上蜡(wax 的过去分词)
wax /wæks/ CET4 TEM4 [ waxing waxed waxes ]
集合名词 Wax is a solid, slightly shiny substance made of fat or oil that is used to make candles and polish. It melts when it is heated. 蜡
There were coloured candles which had spread pools of wax on the furniture.
彩色蜡烛在家具上留下了一摊摊的蜡油。
→see alsobeeswax
及物动词 If you wax a surface, you put a thin layer of wax onto it, especially in order to polish it. 给…上蜡
We'd have long talks while she helped me wax the floor.
她帮我给地板上蜡时,我们闲聊了很长时间。
不可数名词 Wax is the sticky yellow substance found in your ears. 耳垢
Use a cotton bud to remove the wax from your ears.
用棉花棒挖掉你耳朵里的耳垢。
及物动词 If you have a part of your body waxed, for example your legs, you have the hair removed from the area by having wax put on it and then pulled off quickly. (用蜡) 去毛
She has just had her legs waxed at the local beauty parlour.
她刚在当地的美容院用蜡去了腿毛。
动词 to become larger, more powerful, etc 变更大; 变更强大
名词 a fit of rage or temper 发怒; 生气
He's in a wax today.
treated with wax
waxed floors ; waxed mustache
上过蜡的
... finger print 指印 waxed 打蜡 distressing 破坏处理 ...
... waxy 柔软的;蜡色的;像蜡的;苍白的 waxed 上过蜡的;防水的 wax 蜡;蜡状物 ...
... 7 water lily 睡莲 8 waxed 上过蜡的;防水的;渐渐变大;给…上蜡 9 weeping 哭泣的;滴水的 ...
上过蜡的;防水的
He waxed lyrical on the food at the new restaurant.
他对这家新餐馆的菜肴越说越来劲。
She has just had her legs waxed at the local beauty parlour.
她刚在当地的美容院用蜡去了腿毛。
Lovett was a tall, commanding man with a waxed grey moustache.
洛维特是一位留着灰白短髭、高个子的威严男人。
A foundling to start with,he would flourish later on as his powers waxed and his worth was proved, In the end each clan on the outlying coasts beyond the whale-road had to yield to him and begin to pay tribute.That was one good king.
VOA : special.2011.01.05
His head is brutally shaved and his small moustache has been carefully waxed to a point.
It looked like two girls twirling eight pizzas while waiting to get their bikini lines waxed.
But other grandees waxed nostalgic about their single mothers or their struggle against adversity.
ECONOMIST: Barack Obama struggled this week to unite his party