| 单词 | to wax eloquent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wax eloquent intransitive. To speak or write (increasingly) in the manner specified; esp. in to wax lyrical, to wax eloquent. Cf. sense 9a. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > speak pleasingly > eloquently to say or talk turkey1824 to wax eloquent1842 to wax lyrical1911 1842 Times 2 Nov. 5/3 The gallant colonel then gallantly waxed eloquent in praise of women. 1892 ‘M. Field’ Stephania 2 O sorry sight! A Roman Emperor Deigns to wax eloquent, and by persuasion Has oped the city-gates. 1911 G. Cannan tr. R. Rolland Jean-Christophe in Paris 60 He had the genius of taste except at certain moments when the Massenet slumbering in the heart of every Frenchman awoke and waxed lyrical. 1978 E. Blishen Sorry, Dad III. iii. 114 Stationing himself at a window, he would wax more and more satirical and sarcastic about what he could see of the Boltons' domestic arrangements. 1984 C. James Flying Visits 13 The writer becomes less and less inclined to wax sententious. 1996 C. J. Stone Fierce Dancing xii. 184 Debby began waxing lyrical about the food. It was something else she told me. < as lemmas |
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