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waxes

英 [ˈwæksɪz]

美 [ˈwæksɪz]

n.  蜡; 蜂蜡; 动物蜡; 植物蜡; 石蜡; 耳垢; 耳屎
v.  给…打蜡; 给…上蜡; 给…涂蜡; 用蜡除去…上的毛
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柯林斯词典

  • N-MASS 蜡
    Waxis a solid, slightly shiny substance made of fat or oil which is used to make candles and polish. It melts when it is heated.
    1. There were coloured candles which had spread pools of wax on the furniture...
      彩色蜡烛在家具上留下一摊摊蜡油。
    2. She loved the scent in the house of wax polish.
      她喜欢房子里打过蜡的味道。
  • VERB 给…上蜡
    If youwaxa surface, you put a thin layer of wax onto it, especially in order to polish it.
    1. We'd have long talks while she helped me wax the floor.
      她帮我给地板打蜡时我们谈了很久。
    2. ...all those Sundays spent washing and waxing the car.
      那些用来洗车和给车上蜡的星期天
  • VERB 用蜡给(皮肤)除毛
    If you have your legswaxed, you have the hair removed from your legs by having wax put on them and then pulled off quickly.
    1. She has just had her legs waxed at the local beauty parlour...
      她刚在当地一家美容院除了腿毛。
    2. She could go shopping, and wax her legs.
      她可以去逛商店,顺便除一下腿毛。
  • 耳垢;耳屎
    Waxis the sticky yellow substance found in your ears.
    1. VERB 畅谈
      If you say that someone, for example,waxeslyrical orwaxesindignant about a subject, you mean that they talk about it in an enthusiastic or indignant way.
      1. He waxed lyrical about the skills and commitment of his employees...
        他津津乐道于员工的技能和敬业精神。
      2. My mother waxed eloquent on the theme of wifely duty.
        我母亲大谈为妻之道。
    2. PHRASE 兴衰;盛衰
      If somethingwaxes and wanes, it first increases and then decreases over a period of time.
      1. Portugal and Spain had possessed vast empires that waxed and waned.
        葡萄牙和西班牙都曾是经历了兴衰的大帝国。

    双语例句

    • But sometimes starches and waxes may be more firmly fixed during singeing, making desizing more difficult.
      但有时浆料和蜡质在烧毛后会牢固地粘在织物上,增加退浆的困难。
    • Products of these numerous reactions include fats and waxes, detergents, plasticizers, emulsifiers, lubricants, emollients, and foaming agents.
      这多种化学反应的产物包括脂肪和蜡类、洗涤剂、增塑剂、乳化剂、润滑剂、软化剂以及起泡剂。
    • A white solid fatty acid found in waxes ( such as beeswax).
      从蜡状物(如蜂蜡)中发现的一种白色的固体脂肪酸。
    • The same colorant will give different color tones with palm and paraffin waxes.
      同样的着色剂对棕榈蜡和石蜡会产生不同的颜色效果。
    • The waxes are classed as alcohol or organic solvent extracted materials.
      这种蜡质属于乙醇有机溶剂的萃取物。
    • In the1880's refiners learned how to make other petroleum products such as waxes and lubricating oils.
      19世纪八十九十年代炼油者们懂得了生产其它石油产品,如蜡和润滑油。
    • The moon dims or shines; it waxes or wanes.
      月有暗淡和明亮,有月盈和月亏。
    • Night-light of tallow, stearin, paraffin wax or other waxes
      夜明灯,动物脂、硬脂、石蜡或其他蜡制
    • The moon waxes till it becomes full, and then wanes.
      月亮渐盈,直到正圆,然后消亏。
    • Hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes.
      一种硬蜡,黄色至棕色,取自巴西棕榈树的叶子,尤用来制地板蜡和上光剂。