Wax
[ w?ks ]
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n. 蠟，蠟狀物;耳垢，耳屎;（鞋匠用的）擦線蠟;增大;
vt. 給…打蠟，給…上蠟;漸漸變大;變為;（月亮）漸圓，漸盈;
vi. 給…上蠟，給…涂蠟;把…灌制唱片;用熱蠟除去毛發;
adj. 蠟制的，似蠟的;
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We mold wax into candles.
我們鑄蠟成燭。
The moon waxes till it becomes full, and then wanes.
月亮漸漸變圓直至滿盈,然后再變虧缺。
The King waxed merry.
國王高興起來。
Discord waxed at an alarming rate.
沖突迅速加劇。
Pileated woodpeckers are on the wax now.
有羽冠的啄木鳥現在在增加。
?? 聯想助記
【記】※ wax-蠟,max-最大的:哇!全世界最大的蠟像
※ w-拼音“我”,ax-斧頭:我有一把用蠟做成的斧頭
※ wax-蠟、變大:在地板上打蠟則地板的厚度會有微小的變大
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wax
n[U]
1 (also `beeswax)
(a) soft sticky yellow substance produced by bees and used by them for making honeycombs 蜂蠟.
(b) this substance used, after being bleached and purified, for making candles, modelling, etc （從蜂蠟提純的）蠟（用以制蠟燭、 蠟像等）.
2 any of various soft sticky or oily substances that melt easily (obtained eg from petroleum), used for making candles, polish, etc （從其他物質, 如石油提煉的）蠟（用以制蠟燭、 上光劑等）: paraffin wax 石蠟
sealing wax 封蠟 * [attrib 作定語]
a wax candle 蠟燭 * wax polish 上光蠟.
3 yellow substance like wax that is secreted in the ears 耳垢; 耵聹; 耳屎. wax, v [Tn]
(a) polish (sth) with wax 給（某物）上蠟
waxed floors, linoleum, wood 打過蠟的地板、 油地氈、 木頭.
(b) coat (sth) with wax 用蠟涂（某物）
waxed paper, thread 上過蠟的紙、 線.
wax v
1 [I] (of the moon) show a large bright area that gradually increases until the moon is full （指月亮）漸圓, 漸滿. Cf 參看 wane 1.
2 [La] (dated or rhet 舊或修辭) become; grow （逐漸）變成
wax eloquent, lyrical, etc on the subject 對這個問題暢談起來、 興趣大增等.
3 (idm 習語) ,wax and `wane increase and then decrease in strength or importance （力量或重要性）興衰, 盛衰
Throughout history empires have waxed and waned. 歷史上各個帝國革故鼎新均有興衰.
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wa(蠟)+x(上蠟): 上蠟
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*[w?ks]n. 蠟, 蠟狀物, 一陣發怒, 增加, (月亮)漸盈vi. 變大, 增大, 月亮漸滿vt. 上蠟于【化】 蠟【醫】 蠟相關詞組: wax and wane be in a wax get into a wax put sb in a wax
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Give me my pound of flesh!
把那一磅肉判給我！
Later, an operation helped her to get back part of her sight, but she remained at the institution for six years more.
后來，一次手術幫助她恢復了部分視力。但是，她在這所學校又呆了6年。
South Africa passed further laws designed to make life difficult for non-whites.
而南非則通過了更多的法令，企圖給非白種人的生活造成困難。