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
wax的第三人称单数和复数

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.
• 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。
• 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

• Beeswax and other plant wax, mineral wax, fatty acids, fatty alcohol, glycerin, hydrocarbons and synthetic waxes such as almost all of the waxes and grease products have good compatibility.
  蜂蜡与其他植物蜡、矿物蜡、脂肪酸、脂肪醇、甘油脂、烃及合成蜡等几乎所有的蜡类及油脂产品都有良好的相溶性。
• Carbon distribution and content of normal alkane and isoalkane in rubber waxes are measured by using high temperature gas chromatography.
  采用高温气相色谱法测定橡胶防护蜡中的正构烷烃和非正构烷烃的碳数及含量。
• A clear, flammable liquid, CS2, used to manufacture viscose rayon and cellophane, as a solvent for fats, rubber, resins, waxes, and sulfur, and in matches, fumigants, and pesticides.
  一种纯净易燃的液体，CS2，用于制造黏胶纤维和玻璃纸，作为脂肪、橡胶、树脂、石蜡和硫的一种溶剂，用于火柴、熏剂和杀虫剂。
• The moon waxes till it becomes full, and then wanes.
  月亮渐盈，直到正圆，然后消亏。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 moon waxes and wanes.
  月有盈亏圆缺。
• The moon waxes and wanes;
  月有阴晴圆缺；
• 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