新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

wax

英  [wæks]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • waxes

    1[C, U 有变体名词]

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    There were coloured candles which had spread pools of wax on the furniture.

    彩色蜡烛在家具上留下了一摊摊的蜡油。

    2[U 不可数名词] 耳垢

    Wax is the sticky yellow substance found in your ears.

    双语例句

    例:

    Use a cotton bud to remove the wax from your ears.

    用棉花棒清理你耳朵里的耳垢。

    VERB. 动词
  • waxes , waxing , waxed

    1[T 及物动词] 给…上蜡

    If you wax a surface, you put a thin layer of wax onto it, especially in order to polish it.

    双语例句

    例:

    We'd have long talks while she helped me wax the floor.

    她帮我给地板上蜡时,我们闲聊了很长时间。

    2[T 及物动词] (用蜡)去毛

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    She has just had her legs waxed at the local beauty parlour.

    她刚在当地的美容院用蜡去了腿毛。