查词 - wax

wax

wæks noun

1 a solid substance made of fat or oil and used to make CANDLES , POLISH etc 蜡

蜡笔

2 a natural sticky substance in your ears 耳垢

verb

3 to rub a layer of wax into a floor, surface etc to protect it or make it shine 给…打蜡 T

4

wax sentimental/eloquent/lyrical etc

to talk with extreme feeling, liking or pleasure about something – used humorously 伤感/滔滔不绝/热情奔放地说〔幽默用法〕

Journalists wax lyrical about the band.

新闻记者盛赞那支乐队。

5 when the moon waxes, it seems to get bigger each night 〔月亮〕渐圆，渐满; I

6

wax and wane

to increase and decrease over time 兴衰，荣枯

Interest in the show has waxed and waned.

人们对这个节目的兴趣已经过了。

7 if you wax your legs, arms etc, you remove the hair from them using wax 用蜡去除〔腿、手臂等〕的毛 T