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wax n.蜡；蜂蜡vt.(用蜡)涂vi.变圆 (1) 烛台上全是一团团的蜡。(2) 他在用蜡制作独角兽。(3) 他们大量购进蜜蜡和蜂蜜。(4) 她干什么非要自己动手给地板打腊?(5) 月亮越来越圆。 As the moon grows towards fullness, it waxes. It wanes, or diminishes in size, as the new moon approaches. This is the most common context for the verb wax, but it is also used to describe other phenomena that grow or increase, particularly those that are cyclical. Figuratively, if you wax eloquent, lyrical or poetic about something, you talk about it at great length and with growing enthusiasm. The noun wax refers to chemical compounds that can be shaped and molded, for example into candles, when warm.

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英 [wæks] 美 [wæks] (1) Blobs of wax covered the candlestick.(2) He is modeling a unicorn in wax .(3) They bought wax and honey up by the great.(4) Why did she have to wax the floors herself?(5) The moon is waxing. The verb wax is most often found in the company of its opposite, "wane." To wax is to grow larger or increase, whereas wane means to grow smaller or decrease. 1[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。2[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3[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.   [have n V-ed]  [V n]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。4[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]耳垢；耳屎 Wax is the sticky yellow substance found in your ears. 5[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。6[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。

英语单词	wax
英美音标	英 [wæks] 美 [wæks]
中文释义	n.蜡；蜂蜡 vt.(用蜡)涂 vi.变圆
英语例句	(1) Blobs of wax covered the candlestick. (2) He is modeling a unicorn in wax . (3) They bought wax and honey up by the great. (4) Why did she have to wax the floors herself? (5) The moon is waxing.
中文例句	(1) 烛台上全是一团团的蜡。 (2) 他在用蜡制作独角兽。 (3) 他们大量购进蜜蜡和蜂蜜。 (4) 她干什么非要自己动手给地板打腊? (5) 月亮越来越圆。
vocabulary简明	The verb wax is most often found in the company of its opposite, "wane." To wax is to grow larger or increase, whereas wane means to grow smaller or decrease.
vocabulary扩展	As the moon grows towards fullness, it waxes. It wanes, or diminishes in size, as the new moon approaches. This is the most common context for the verb wax, but it is also used to describe other phenomena that grow or increase, particularly those that are cyclical. Figuratively, if you wax eloquent, lyrical or poetic about something, you talk about it at great length and with growing enthusiasm. The noun wax refers to chemical compounds that can be shaped and molded, for example into candles, when warm.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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 3 [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. [have n V-ed] [V n] 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。 4 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]耳垢；耳屎 Wax is the sticky yellow substance found in your ears. 5 [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。 6 [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。

Wax Ed Moon Grow Lyrical Verb 动词 [V