| 释义 |
cereous, a.|ˈsɪəriːəs|
[f. L. cēre-us waxen + -ous.]
Of the nature of wax, waxen, waxy.
1601Holland Pliny II. 135 That cereous substance Propolis. 1654Gayton Fest. Notes ii. v. 52 What is worth his observation, goes into his cereous tables. 1679Sir T. Browne Wks. (1852) III. 459 The bones of a dead body cereous or somewhat soft like wax. 1803–4Syd. Smith in Athenæum (1884) 18 Oct. 490/3 The room..is lighted up..and in this cereous galaxy, etc. |