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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7744 COCA: 7228
wax
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Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense waxes, present participle waxing, past tense , past participle waxed
1 N-MASS 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 上蜡 If you wax a surface, you put a thin layer of wax onto it, especially in order to polish it. 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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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7744 COCA: 7228
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7744 COCA: 7228
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7744 COCA: 7228
wax
General words for materials and substances: substance, material, powder...
The activity of making things from wood: carpentry, dovetail, joinery...
Shaving and hair removal: aftershave, bikini line, depilatory...
To become larger: grow, expand, swell...

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