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

• Products of these numerous reactions include fats and waxes, detergents, plasticizers, emulsifiers, lubricants, emollients, and foaming agents.
  这多种化学反应的产物包括脂肪和蜡类、洗涤剂、增塑剂、乳化剂、润滑剂、软化剂以及起泡剂。
• Lubricants, soaps and waxes are commonly used as softeners.
  润滑剂、肥皂、蜡通常被用作柔软剂。
• Hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes.
  一种硬蜡，黄色至棕色，取自巴西棕榈树的叶子，尤用来制地板蜡和上光剂。
• The moon dims or shines; it waxes or wanes.
  月有暗淡和明亮，有月盈和月亏。
• 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。
• Premiumyellow carnauba wax blended with silicones, polymers, and other waxes.
  富含顶级巴西黄棕榈蜡，硅，聚合物等。
• The same colorant will give different color tones with palm and paraffin waxes.
  同样的着色剂对棕榈蜡和石蜡会产生不同的颜色效果。
• There are more waxes there than we need.
  那里有比我们所需要的还要多的蜡。
• The moon waxes and wanes.
  月有盈亏圆缺。
• Every time she waxes the floor She keels over.
  每一回给地板打蜡她都晕得站不住。