英语词汇“wax”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

wax²

(wăks)

intr.v. waxed, wax·ing, wax·es

1. To increase gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity: "His love affair with Mrs. Bernstein waxed and waned and waxed again" (C. Hugh Holman).

2. To show a progressively larger illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from new to full.

a. To grow or become as specified: "His very body had waxed old in lowly service of the Lord" (James Joyce).

b. To speak or write as specified: "[He] warmed to his most favorite of subjects, waxed eloquent, gained in his face a glow of passion" (Paul J. Willis).

Phrasal Verb:

wax on

To speak or write at length about something: "Mason waxed on and on about the old days" (Jennifer Cruisie).

[Middle English waxen, from Old English weaxan; see aug- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	wax
释义	wax² (wăks) intr.v. waxed, wax·ing, wax·es 1. To increase gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity: "His love affair with Mrs. Bernstein waxed and waned and waxed again" (C. Hugh Holman). 2. To show a progressively larger illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from new to full. 3. a. To grow or become as specified: "His very body had waxed old in lowly service of the Lord" (James Joyce). b. To speak or write as specified: "[He] warmed to his most favorite of subjects, waxed eloquent, gained in his face a glow of passion" (Paul J. Willis). *Phrasal Verb:* *wax on* To speak or write at length about something: "Mason waxed on and on about the old days" (Jennifer Cruisie). [Middle English waxen, from Old English weaxan; see aug- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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