[N-MASS 物质名词]蜡Wax is a solid, slightly shiny substance made of fat or oil which is used to make candles and polish. It melts when it is heated.
There were coloured candles which had spread pools of wax on the furniture...
彩色蜡烛在家具上留下一摊摊蜡油。
She loved the scent in the house of wax polish.
她喜欢房子里打过蜡的味道。
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[VERB 动词]给…上蜡 If you wax a surface, you put a thin layer of wax onto it, especially in order to polish it.
[V n]
We'd have long talks while she helped me wax the floor.
她帮我给地板打蜡时我们谈了很久。
...all those Sundays spent washing and waxing the car.
那些用来洗车和给车上蜡的星期天
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[VERB 动词]用蜡给(皮肤)除毛 If you have your legs waxed, you have the hair removed from your legs by having wax put on them and then pulled off quickly.
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She has just had her legs waxed at the local beauty parlour...
她刚在当地一家美容院除了腿毛。
She could go shopping, and wax her legs.
她可以去逛商店,顺便除一下腿毛。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]耳垢;耳屎Wax is the sticky yellow substance found in your ears.
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[VERB 动词]畅谈 If you say that someone, for example, waxes lyrical or waxes indignant about a subject, you mean that they talk about it in an enthusiastic or indignant way.
[V adj]
He waxed lyrical about the skills and commitment of his employees...
他津津乐道于员工的技能和敬业精神。
My mother waxed eloquent on the theme of wifely duty.
我母亲大谈为妻之道。
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[PHRASE 短语]兴衰;盛衰 If something waxes and wanes, it first increases and then decreases over a period of time.
[Vs inflect]
Portugal and Spain had possessed vast empires that waxed and waned.
葡萄牙和西班牙都曾是经历了兴衰的大帝国。
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wax/wæks; NAmEwæks/
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waxwaxeswaxedwaxingnoun[uncountable ]1a solid substance that is made from beeswaxor from various fats and oils and used for making candles,polish, models, etc. It becomes soft when it is heated. 蜡;蜂蜡;动物蜡;植物蜡;石蜡◆styling wax for the hair定型发蜡◆floor wax地板蜡◆wax crayons蜡笔◆wax polish上光蜡☞see also
paraffin wax
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sealing wax
2a soft sticky yellowish substance that is found in your ears 耳垢;耳屎IDIOMsee
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n.verb1[transitive ]waxsth to polish sth with wax给…打蜡2[transitive , usually passive ]waxsth to cover sth with wax给…上蜡;给…涂蜡◆waxed paper蜡纸◆a waxed jacket上过蜡的夹克3[transitive , often passive ]waxsth to remove hair from a part of the body using wax用蜡除去…上的毛◆to wax your legs/to have your legs waxed用蜡除去你腿上的毛4[intransitive ](of the moon 月亮)to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible 渐圆;渐满OPP
wane
5[intransitive ]+ lyrical, eloquent, sentimental, etc.( formal) to become lyrical,etc. when speaking or writing 说话变得(热情、雄辩、伤感等)起来◆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。IDIOMˌwax and ˈwane( literary) to increase then decrease in strength, importance, etc. over a period of time (力量、重要性等)兴衰枯荣,盛衰;阴晴圆缺wax/wæks; NAmEwæks/
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wax1 noun
wax2 verb
waxwax1 /wæks/ ●●○ noun [uncountable]
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1wax (1)a solid substance made of fat or oil and used to make candles,polish etc: wax crayons →
beeswax
2a natural sticky substance in your ears
wax1 noun
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waxwax2 verb
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1[transitive] to rub a layer of wax into a floor, surface etc to protect it or make it shine2wax sentimental/eloquent/lyrical etc to talk with extreme feeling, liking, or pleasure about something – used humorouslywax about Journalists wax lyrical about the band.3[intransitive] when the moon waxes, it seems to get bigger each nightOPP wane4wax and wane to increase and decrease over time: Interest in the show has waxed and waned.5[transitive] if you wax your legs, arms etc, you remove the hair from them using wax
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