| 单词 | wax |
| 释义 | wax (once / 312 pages) 1nv 2v The verb wax is most often found in the company of its opposite, "wane." To wax is to grow larger or increase, whereas wane means to grow smaller or decrease. As the moon grows towards fullness, it waxes. It wanes, or diminishes in size, as the new moon approaches. This is the most common context for the verb wax, but it is also used to describe other phenomena that grow or increase, particularly those that are cyclical. Figuratively, if you wax eloquent, lyrical or poetic about something, you talk about it at great length and with growing enthusiasm. The noun wax refers to chemical compounds that can be shaped and molded, for example into candles, when warm. WORD FAMILYwax: waxed, waxen, waxes, waxing, waxlike, waxy+/waxed: unwaxed/waxing: waxings/waxy: waxier, waxiest, waxily, waxiness USAGE EXAMPLESOr he might announce the simple act of opening a letter as “Wax! render up thy trust.” The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) A few years later, at the start of the '90s, they began offering their - as yet unnamed - extreme bikini wax. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) He’s not the fastest - Miller doesn’t even wax his skis. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) 1 1n any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water Hypo|Hyper bayberry tallow, bayberry wax a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles carnauba, carnauba waxhard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes candelilla waxa hard brown wax that occurs as a coating on candelilla shrubs ceresina white wax extracted from ozokerite floor waxa preparation containing wax and used to polish and preserve the finish of floors fig wax, gondang waxa hard cream-colored wax obtained from a Javanese fig tree Japan tallow, Japan waxa yellow wax obtained from sumac berries; used in polishes montan waxa hard wax obtained from lignite pisang waxa wax obtained from the leaves of a plantain paraffin scale, scale waxpartly refined paraffin wax ski waxwax used on the bottom of skis beeswaxa yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs cerumen, earwaxa soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal paraffin, paraffin waxfrom crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings spermacetia white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale vegetable waxa waxy substance obtained from plants (especially from the trunks of certain palms) lac wax, shellac waxa hard wax separated from shellac by its insolubility in alcohol Ghedda waxwax from Indian and African bees lipid, lipide, lipoid an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates) 2v cover with wax 2wax the car Hypo|Hyper beeswax cover with beeswax cover provide with a covering or cause to be covered 1v go up or advance Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper climb, mount, rise wane become smaller jump increase suddenly and significantly advance, gainrise in rate or price increase become bigger or greater in amount 2v increase in phase the moon is waxing Syn|Ant|Hyper full wane decrease in phase increase become bigger or greater in amount |
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