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

• The moon waxes and wanes;
  月有阴晴圆缺；
• Other modifiers, such as oils and waxes, are also added primarily to further reduce viscosity.
  其他改性剂，如油和蜡，则是为了进一步降低粘度而加入。
• The moon waxes and wanes every month.
  月亮每个月都有圆缺。
• The moon waxes till it becomes full, and then wanes.
  月亮渐盈，直到正圆，然后消亏。
• Colorants also impact on crystal formation while some colors are not compatible with all waxes and can migrate and stain packaging or containers.
  着色剂也影响结晶，有一些颜色并不是和所有的蜡都相容，会移位及污染包装或容器。
• There are more waxes there than we need.
  那里有比我们所需要的还要多的蜡。
• 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。
• 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。
• Every time she waxes the floor She keels over.
  每一回给地板打蜡她都晕得站不住。
• Solar activity waxes and wanes on an 11-year cycle.
  太阳活动的盛衰以11年为周期。