wax

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基本解释

• n. 蠟；蠟狀物
• vt. 給…上蠟
• vi. 月亮漸滿；增大
• adj. 蠟制的；似蠟的
• n. (Wax)人名；(德、羅、匈、英)瓦尅斯

词源解说

• 直接源自古英語的weax，意爲蠟。

同根派生

• adj性質的同根詞

  waxy：柔軟的；蠟色的；像蠟的；蒼白的。

  waxed：上過蠟的；防水的。

  waxen：蒼白的；蠟制的；柔軟的。

• n性質的同根詞

  waxing：上蠟；唱片；蠟膜形成。

  waxiness：蠟質；可塑；柔軟。

• v性質的同根詞

  waxing：上蠟（wax的ing形式）。

  waxed：漸漸變大；變爲；給…上蠟（wax的過去分詞）。

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英汉例句

用作名詞 (n.)

• You should put some wax on those boots.
  你應該給那些靴子打上一些蠟。

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词组短语

用作名詞 (n.)

～+介詞

• wax in sb 's hands 完全受某人操縱
• wax in the ears 耳垢

短語

• wax museum 蠟像館
• Epicuticular wax 表皮蠟質;上了一層表麪蠟;蠟質層
• wax gourd 鼕瓜
• wax apple 蓮霧;連霧;天桃

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• a solid substance containing a lot of fat that becomes soft and melts when warm
• (USE WAX) to put a thin layer of wax on the surface of something, either to make it waterproof or to improve its appearance
• (MOON) When the moon waxes, it gradually appears larger and rounder each day.
• (SPEAK) to speak or write in the stated way

柯林斯英英字典

• Wax is a solid, slightly shiny substance made of fat or oil that is used to make candles and polish. It melts when it is heated.
• &rarrsee also beeswax
• If you wax a surface, you put a thin layer of wax onto it, especially in order to polish it.
• Wax is the sticky yellow substance found in your ears.
• If you have a part of your body waxed, for example your legs, you have the hair removed from the area by having wax put on it and then pulled off quickly.
• to become larger, more powerful, etc
• a fit of rage or temper

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专业释义

化學

• 蠟

  The desensitizing effects of the four kinds of wax varied, and the best is no. 58 wax.
  不過，4種蠟的鈍感傚果也有差異，傚果最好的是58號蠟。

  生物學

• 蠟

機械工程

• 蠟

地球科學

• 石蠟