词汇 | wax |
释义 | wax /waks/ wax 1 (过去式: waxed; 过去完成式: waxed; 现在进行式: waxing) v.i. To increase in size, power, degree, etc.; grow. (大小、力量、度数等)增加;渐盈(常指月亮)。 The moon waxes till it becomes full, and then wanes. 月亮渐满,直至正圆,之后又渐转亏。 To pass gradually into a specified condition; become. 逐渐变成;变化。 wax 2 n. A sticky, yellowish secretion of bees from which the honeycomb is built; beeswax. 蜡;蜂蜡。 Any of several similar substances. 蜡状物。 (过去式: waxed; 过去完成式: waxed; 现在进行式: waxing) v.t. To smear, polish, or treat the surface of, with wax. 涂蜡。 He waxes his mustache. 他用蜡剂擦胡子。 adj. Made of wax. 蜡制的。 idoms wax bean 豆之一种,其荚呈深黄色。(= butter bean) wax cloth (铺地板的)油毡;漆布。 wax doll (a)蜡制玩偶。(b)【喻】美丽而无表情的女子。 waxed paper (石)蜡纸。 vegetable wax 木蜡。 derivatives adj. waxen. |
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