wax
wax
英[wæks]美[wæks]
n.蜡，耳屎；
v.给…上蜡，用蜡给（皮肤）除毛，渐圆，渐满，畅谈；
复数：waxes;
第三人称单数：waxes;
过去式：waxed;
过去分词：waxed;
现在分词：waxing;
例句
He’s modelled a unicorn in wax.他用蜡制作了一个独角兽。
I wax the floor once a month.我每月给地板打一次蜡。
You should put some wax on those boots.你应该给那些靴子打上一些蜡。
Clay and wax are plastic substances.黏土和蜡是可塑性物质。
The wax from the two candles fused as they burned.两根蜡烛上的蜡燃烧时熔化在一起。
I wax my boots chiefly to waterproof them.我给靴子打蜡主要是为了防水。
Apply a little wax polish.涂一点蜡油。
Wax applied to a floor heightens the shine.地板蜡能增加亮光.
The principle and technology of emulsified wax with cheap material are presented.研究了以石蜡为原料,采用复配技术制得高分散乳化蜡的原理及工艺.
The electricians have performed wonders in recording these long dead voices from old wax onto modern plastic surfaces.电气技师们很出色地把这些早已失传的声音从老唱片中转录到现代的塑料薄膜唱片上.
同义词
wax的同义词之：
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wax and wane
undergo alternate increases and decreases盈亏，盛衰柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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.
例句
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。VERB
给…上蜡
If you wax a surface, you put a thin layer of wax onto it, especially in order to polish it.
例句
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.
例句
She has just had her legs waxed at the local beauty parlour...她刚在当地一家**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。N-UNCOUNT
耳垢;耳屎
Wax is the sticky yellow substance found in your ears.
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.
例句
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。PHRASE
兴衰;盛衰
If something waxes and wanes, it first increases and then decreases over a period of time.
例句
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。英汉词典释义
n.
蜡
You should put some wax on those boots.你应该给那些靴子打上一些蜡。耳垢；耳屎
vt.
给…打蜡,增大
I wax the floor once a month.我每月给地板打一次蜡。用蜡除去…上的毛
vi.
说话变得（热情、雄辩、伤感等）起来
(月亮)渐圆；渐满
英英词典释义
Noun
1. any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
Verb
1. cover with wax;
"wax the car"2. go up or advance;
"Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"3. increase in phase;
"the moon is waxing"行业词典
体育： 雪蜡；
化学： 蜡；
医学： 蜡：从昆虫或植物中提取的一种可塑性物质。各种蜡是各种脂肪酸和高级醇(往往是一羟醇)的酯。药用蜡主要是黄蜡(蜂蜡)，蜜蜂用它制造蜂房。蜂蜡的主要成分是蜡酸和杨梅脂，该蜡用于油膏和蜡膏等的制备。黄蜡漂白后即成白蜡；
地质学： 石蜡；又称 :石蜡(paraffin wax)；
