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单词 wax-worker
释义 ˈwax-ˈworker
A worker in wax: a. a bee that makes wax; b. a maker of waxwork (Worcester 1860).
1821tr. Huber's New Observ. Nat. Hist. Bees (ed. 3) 336 When hives are full of combs, the wax workers disgorge their honey into the ordinary magazines, making no wax.
So ˈwax-ˈworking a. (of a bee) making wax.
1827E. Bevan Honey-Bee 367 The power of producing wax is common both to the nursing- and wax-working bees.
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