英语词汇wax怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

wax

wæks  wæks 

Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense waxes, present participle waxing, past tense , past participle waxed

1 N-MASS 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. 蜡

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 给…上蜡 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. [VERB noun]

她帮我给地板打蜡时我们谈了很久。
...all those Sundays spent washing and waxing the car. [VERB noun]

那些用来洗车和给车上蜡的星期天

3 VERB 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. 用蜡给（皮肤）除毛

She has just had her legs waxed at the local beauty parlour. [have noun VERB-ed]

她刚在当地一家美容院除了腿毛。
She could go shopping, and wax her legs. [VERB noun]

她可以去逛商店，顺便除一下腿毛。

4 N-UNCOUNT 耳垢;耳屎 Wax is the sticky yellow substance found in your ears. 耳垢;耳屎

5 VERB 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. 畅谈

He waxed lyrical about the skills and commitment of his employees. [VERB adj.ive]

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. [VERB adj.ive]

我母亲大谈为妻之道。

SYN enthuse, rave [informal] , gush, get carried away

6 PHRASE 兴衰;盛衰 If something waxes and wanes, it first increases and then decreases over a period of time. 兴衰;盛衰

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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单词	wax
释义	wax wæks  wæks  Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense waxes, present participle waxing, past tense , past participle waxed 1 N-MASS 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. 蜡 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 给…上蜡 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. [VERB noun] 她帮我给地板打蜡时我们谈了很久。 ...all those Sundays spent washing and waxing the car. [VERB noun] 那些用来洗车和给车上蜡的星期天 3 VERB 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. 用蜡给（皮肤）除毛 She has just had her legs waxed at the local beauty parlour. [have noun VERB-ed] 她刚在当地一家美容院除了腿毛。 She could go shopping, and wax her legs. [VERB noun] 她可以去逛商店，顺便除一下腿毛。 4 N-UNCOUNT 耳垢;耳屎 Wax is the sticky yellow substance found in your ears. 耳垢;耳屎 5 VERB 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. 畅谈 He waxed lyrical about the skills and commitment of his employees. [VERB adj.ive] 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. [VERB adj.ive] 我母亲大谈为妻之道。 SYN enthuse, rave [informal] , gush, get carried away 6 PHRASE 兴衰;盛衰 If something waxes and wanes, it first increases and then decreases over a period of time. 兴衰;盛衰 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。 Trends of wax View usage for:All yearsLast 10 yearsLast 50 yearsLast 100 yearsLast 300 years
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