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

单词

wax

释义

= beeswax

any of numerous plant or animal substances that is are harder, more brittle, and less greasy than a fats

a solid substance, e.g. ozocerite or paraffin wax, of mineral origin consisting usu of higher hydrocarbons

a pliable or liquid composition used esp for sealing, taking impressions, or polishing

a resinous preparation used by shoemakers for rubbing thread

a waxy secretion, esp cerumen

[Old English weax]

to treat or rub (something) with wax, usu for polishing or stiffening

to remove hair from (a part of the body) using melted wax

said of the moon, a satellite, etc: to have an increasing area of the illuminated surface visible

to assume a specified characteristic, quality, or state; specif to become, esp in speaking or writing describing

He waxed lyrical about the book

She waxed indignant

He waxed lyrical about the joys of Greece

formal or literary to increase in size, numbers, strength, prosperity, etc intensity, or duration; to grow

[Old English weaxan]

Brit, informal, dated a fit of temper

[perhaps from wax³]

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