| 单词 | wax |
| 释义 | wax1 /waeks; waeks/ n [U] soft yellow substance produced by bees ('beeswax) and used for making honeycomb cells; kinds of substance similar to beeswax (eg as obtained from petroleum); such material bleached and purified, used for making candles, for modelling, etc: 蜂蜡 (亦称 beeswax); 蜡状物 (如得自石油者); 蜡 (经过漂白及净化之蜡状物，用以制蜡烛、塑像等)：(attrib) (形容用法) a ■wax candle; 蜡烛; a wax doll, one with the head made of wax; 蜡玩偶; 'paraffin wax; 石蜡; 'cobblers'-wax, kind of resin used on thread; 鞋线蜡; 'ear-wax, substance secreted in the ears. 耳垢。 'wax-chandler n maker or seller of candles. 蜡烛制造商或贩卖商。 waxpaper n paper that is waterproofed with a layer of wax. 防潮的蜡纸。 waxwork n object modelled in wax, esp the form of a human being with face and hands in wax, coloured and clothed to look like life and to be exhibited: 蜡制品; 蜡人; 蜡像： go to see the waxworks at Madame Tussaud's, a place in 'London famous for waxworks. 去伦敦参观图梭夫人蜡像馆的蜡像。 'sealing-wax, seal vt [VP6A] cover, polish or treat with wax: 以蜡涂饥擦拭或处理： wax furniture/a wooden floor/ linoleum. 在像具 (木地板，油地毡) 上打蜡。 waxen /'waeksn; 'waeksn/ adj 1 (old use; now usu wax) made of wax. ' ( 旧用法; 现通常用 wax) 蜡制的。 2 like wax: 似蜡的： a waxen complexion. 蜡黄的面色。 waxy adj like wax; having a smooth, pale surface; like wax in texture: 似蜡的; 有光滑而淡色之表面的; 结构或质地似蜡的： waxy potatoes. 似蜡的 |
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