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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [wæks]
  • 美式音标 [wæks]
  • 国际音标 [wæks]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 蠟；蠟狀物
  • vt. 給…上蠟
  • vi. 月亮漸滿；增大
  • adj. 蠟制的；似蠟的
  • n. (Wax)人名；(德、羅、匈、英)瓦尅斯

词源解说

  • 直接源自古英語的weax，意爲蠟。

同根派生

  • adj性質的同根詞
    waxy：柔軟的；蠟色的；像蠟的；蒼白的。
    waxed：上過蠟的；防水的。
    waxen：蒼白的；蠟制的；柔軟的。
  • n性質的同根詞
    waxing：上蠟；唱片；蠟膜形成。
    waxiness：蠟質；可塑；柔軟。
  • v性質的同根詞
    waxing：上蠟（wax的ing形式）。
    waxed：漸漸變大；變爲；給…上蠟（wax的過去分詞）。

英汉例句

    用作名詞 (n.)

  • You should put some wax on those boots.
    你應該給那些靴子打上一些蠟。

词组短语

    用作名詞 (n.)

    ～+介詞

  • wax in sb 's hands 完全受某人操縱
  • wax in the ears 耳垢

    • 短語

  • wax museum 蠟像館
  • Epicuticular wax 表皮蠟質;上了一層表麪蠟;蠟質層
  • wax gourd 鼕瓜
  • wax apple 蓮霧;連霧;天桃

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • a solid substance containing a lot of fat that becomes soft and melts when warm
  • (USE WAX) to put a thin layer of wax on the surface of something, either to make it waterproof or to improve its appearance
  • (MOON) When the moon waxes, it gradually appears larger and rounder each day.
  • (SPEAK) to speak or write in the stated way

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • Wax is a solid, slightly shiny substance made of fat or oil that is used to make candles and polish. It melts when it is heated.
  • &rarrsee also beeswax
  • If you wax a surface, you put a thin layer of wax onto it, especially in order to polish it.
  • Wax is the sticky yellow substance found in your ears.
  • If you have a part of your body waxed, for example your legs, you have the hair removed from the area by having wax put on it and then pulled off quickly.
  • to become larger, more powerful, etc
  • a fit of rage or temper

专业释义

    化學

  • 蠟

    The desensitizing effects of the four kinds of wax varied, and the best is no. 58 wax.
    不過，4種蠟的鈍感傚果也有差異，傚果最好的是58號蠟。

    生物學

  • 蠟

    • 機械工程

  • 蠟

    • 地球科學

  • 石蠟