waxen

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Colours, Industrywaxenwax‧en /ˈwæksən/ adjective literary 1 CCCOLOUR/COLORpale and shiny like wax his waxen face2 TImade from wax waxen imagesExamples from the Corpuswaxen• When he laid his hand against the old man's waxen cheek it was already cold.• a waxen complexion• He took out the waxen figure which also contained straw and fat from a hanged man.• The water bounces off the waxen leaves.• He had stooped to kiss her cold cheek and smelt in the hollow of her neck the waxen odour of death.• Sandoz looked waxen, the skin beneath his eyes purplish.

单词	waxen
释义	waxen From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Colours, Industrywaxenwax‧en /ˈwæksən/ adjective literary 1 CCCOLOUR/COLORpale and shiny like wax his waxen face2 TImade from wax waxen imagesExamples from the Corpuswaxen• When he laid his hand against the old man's waxen cheek it was already cold.• a waxen complexion• He took out the waxen figure which also contained straw and fat from a hanged man.• The water bounces off the waxen leaves.• He had stooped to kiss her cold cheek and smelt in the hollow of her neck the waxen odour of death.• Sandoz looked waxen, the skin beneath his eyes purplish.
随便看	in the swim in the swim (of things) in the swim of things in the tank in the teeth of in the teeth of something in the theatre in the thick of in the thick of something in the third person in the thirties in the throes of in the throes of something in the till in the tradition of in the twenties in the twilight in the twinkling of an eye in the universe in the unlikely event of in the unlikely event of something in the up front in the usual etc manner in the usual/normal etc manner in the vanguard