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

• 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。
• The moon waxes and wanes.
  月有盈亏圆缺。
• These two spray waxes help maintain the results your have previously achieved.
  这两种喷雾蜡可帮助维持你以前曾获得的打蜡效果。
• Synthetic waxes, organic silicon, petroleum solvent etc.
  合成蜡、有机硅、石油溶剂等。
• 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。
• 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。
• Lubricants, soaps and waxes are commonly used as softeners.
  润滑剂、肥皂、蜡通常被用作柔软剂。
• The moon waxes till it becomes full, and then wanes.
  月亮渐盈，直到正圆，然后消亏。
• Oils and waxes are also often used with sizing agents to increase the softness and pliability of the yarns.
  在浆料中经常加入油脂和蜡质，目的是增加纱柔软性和柔韧性。
• My man likes it trimmed and perfect, he even waxes his own brows.
  我的男人就喜欢整洁而且完美，他甚至要蜡他自己的眉毛。