mass noun
1- a sticky yellowish mouldable substance secreted by honeybees as the material of honeycomb; beeswax蜂蜡。
1.1
- a white translucent material obtained by bleaching and purifying this substance and used for such purposes as making candles, modelling, and as a basis of polishes蜡。
1.2
- count noun a figure made of this substance蜡像。
1.3
- a similar viscous substance, typically a lipid or hydrocarbon类似蜡的黏性物质（尤指液体或碳氢化合物）。
1.4
- earwax耳垢, 耳屎。
1.5
- informal used in reference to gramophone records〈非正式〉唱片：
he didn't get on wax until 1959.
他直到1959年才出唱片。
with obj.
1
- cover or treat (something) with wax or a similar substance, typically to polish or protect it（尤指为抛光或保护）给（某物）上蜡：
I washed and waxed the floor.
我清洗了地板, 并且打了蜡。
1.1
- remove unwanted hair from (a part of the body) by applying wax and then peeling off the wax and hairs together用蜡除去（身体部位）的毛发。
2
- informal make a recording of〈非正式〉把…灌制成唱片：
he waxed a series of tracks that emphasized his lead guitar work.
他灌制了一系列以突出他主吉他作品的唱片。
派生词
waxer
noun词源
Old English wæx, weax, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch was and German Wachs. The verb dates from late Middle English.
no obj.
1- (of the moon between new and full) have a progressively larger part of its visible surface illuminated, increasing its apparent size（月亮）渐满, 变圆。
1.1
- poetic/literary become larger or stronger〈诗/文〉变大, 增强：
his anger waxed.
他的火气更大了。
1.2
- with complement begin to speak or write about something in the specified manner（在谈起或写到某事物时）变得：
they waxed lyrical about the old days.
他们在谈到往昔的日子时变得热情奔放起来。
短语
wax and wane
- undergo alternate increases and decreases盈亏, 圆缺; 盛衰; 消长：
green sentiment has waxed and waned.
妒火此起彼伏。
词源
Old English weaxan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wassen and German wachsen, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek auxanein and Latin augere 'to increase'.