Wax
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n. 蜡，蜡状物;耳垢，耳屎;（鞋匠用的）擦线蜡;增大;
vt. 给…打蜡，给…上蜡;渐渐变大;变为;（月亮）渐圆，渐盈;
vi. 给…上蜡，给…涂蜡;把…灌制唱片;用热蜡除去毛发;
adj. 蜡制的，似蜡的;
📝 例句
We mold wax into candles.
我们铸蜡成烛。
The moon waxes till it becomes full, and then wanes.
月亮渐渐变圆直至满盈,然后再变亏缺。
The King waxed merry.
国王高兴起来。
Discord waxed at an alarming rate.
冲突迅速加剧。
Pileated woodpeckers are on the wax now.
有羽冠的啄木鸟现在在增加。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ wax-蜡,max-最大的:哇!全世界最大的蜡像
※ w-拼音“我”,ax-斧头:我有一把用蜡做成的斧头
※ wax-蜡、变大:在地板上打蜡则地板的厚度会有微小的变大
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
wax
n[U]
1 (also `beeswax)
(a) soft sticky yellow substance produced by bees and used by them for making honeycombs 蜂蜡.
(b) this substance used, after being bleached and purified, for making candles, modelling, etc （从蜂蜡提纯的）蜡（用以制蜡烛、 蜡像等）.
2 any of various soft sticky or oily substances that melt easily (obtained eg from petroleum), used for making candles, polish, etc （从其他物质, 如石油提炼的）蜡（用以制蜡烛、 上光剂等）: paraffin wax 石蜡
sealing wax 封蜡 * [attrib 作定语]
a wax candle 蜡烛 * wax polish 上光蜡.
3 yellow substance like wax that is secreted in the ears 耳垢; 耵聍; 耳屎. wax, v [Tn]
(a) polish (sth) with wax 给（某物）上蜡
waxed floors, linoleum, wood 打过蜡的地板、 油地毡、 木头.
(b) coat (sth) with wax 用蜡涂（某物）
waxed paper, thread 上过蜡的纸、 线.
wax v
1 [I] (of the moon) show a large bright area that gradually increases until the moon is full （指月亮）渐圆, 渐满. Cf 参看 wane 1.
2 [La] (dated or rhet 旧或修辞) become; grow （逐渐）变成
wax eloquent, lyrical, etc on the subject 对这个问题畅谈起来、 兴趣大增等.
3 (idm 习语) ,wax and `wane increase and then decrease in strength or importance （力量或重要性）兴衰, 盛衰
Throughout history empires have waxed and waned. 历史上各个帝国革故鼎新均有兴衰.
🎯 考研助记
wa(蜡)+x(上蜡): 上蜡
🔁 扩展释义
*[wæks]n. 蜡, 蜡状物, 一阵发怒, 增加, (月亮)渐盈vi. 变大, 增大, 月亮渐满vt. 上蜡于【化】 蜡【医】 蜡相关词组: wax and wane be in a wax get into a wax put sb in a wax
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Bison waste no longer fell on the ground to improve the soil, which as a result became less good for growing plants.
地上不再有野牛的粪便来改良土壤，结果对于植物生长土壤变得不够肥沃了。
But they would not listen to him. When they came to the river, a white man was waiting in the boat for them.
但是他们不听，当他们来到江边时，一个白人正在船上等着他们。
Dear Abby,
亲爱的Abby，