wax

noun

1. any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin
they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water

wax

verb

1. go up or advance

e.g. Sales were climbing after prices were lowered

Synonym: mountclimbrise

2. increase in phase

e.g. the moon is waxing

Synonym: full

3. cover with wax

e.g. wax the car

1. 蜡
Wax is a solid, slightly shiny substance made of fat or oil which is used to make candles and polish. It melts when it is heated.

e.g. 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。
e.g. She loved the scent in the house of wax polish.
她喜欢房子里打过蜡的味道。

2. 给…上蜡
If you wax a surface, you put a thin layer of wax onto it, especially in order to polish it.

e.g. 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。
e.g. ...all those Sundays spent washing and waxing the car.
那些用来洗车和给车上蜡的星期天

3. 用蜡给（皮肤）除毛
If you have your legs waxed, you have the hair removed from your legs by having wax put on them and then pulled off quickly.

wax是什么意思

e.g. 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。
e.g. She could go shopping, and wax her legs.
她可以去逛商店，顺便除一下腿毛。

4. 耳垢;耳屎
Wax is the sticky yellow substance found in your ears.

5. 畅谈
If you say that someone, for example, waxes lyrical or waxes indignant about a subject, you mean that they talk about it in an enthusiastic or indignant way.

e.g. 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。
e.g. My mother waxed eloquent on the theme of wifely duty.
我母亲大谈为妻之道。

6. 兴衰;盛衰
If something waxes and wanes, it first increases and then decreases over a period of time.

wax的近义词

e.g. 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。

1. wax的近义词

1. 上蜡：上清漆(vanish)很坚固、耐磨、易于清理,但是外观不耐久;上蜡(wax)比较耐久,但是需要经常的维护. 木地板材料的价格每家都有不同,因此值得好好shopping around. 人工合成的软材料:这类材料包括油毡布(linoleum)、聚乙烯薄膜(vinyl)、软木(cork)、橡胶(rubber)、皮革(leather)和金属(metal).

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2. 打蜡：scan+t,正因为缺乏所以才要搜寻(scan)它(t)斧子(axe)打蜡(wax)收传真(fax)税(tax)往下躺(lie动词)要说谎(lie名词),带结(tie)馅饼(pie)即死亡唇(lip)里口水沾(dip)多滴(drip),轻轻叩击(tip)指尖(tip)提.

3. 蜜蜡：主持人布莱尔(David Blair)原先在九一年拍了一部叫<>(WAX)的电影,号称是第一部以多点广播系统架构在网络上播放的影片,之后改编为网络接龙,故事融合文字、3D图案、影片.