wax

• n. 蜡；蜡状物
• vt. 给…上蜡
• vi. 月亮渐满；增大
• adj. 蜡制的；似蜡的
• n. (Wax)人名；(德、罗、匈、英)瓦克斯

来自PIE*wokso,蜡。

来自PIE*weg,增加，来自PIE*aug的扩大格，增加，词源同augment,waist.

1. any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water

wax

wax: Wax ‘soft oily substance’ [OE] and the now archaic wax ‘grow, become’ [OE] are distinct words. The former comes (together with German wachs, Dutch was, Swedish vax, and Danish vox) from a prehistoric Germanic *wakhsam. This in turn was descended from the Indo-European *weg- ‘weave’ (source also of English veil). Wax originally referred specifically to ‘bees-wax’, and the word’s underlying etymological reference is to the combs ‘woven’ from wax by bees.

Russian and Czech vosk ‘wax’ come from the same ultimate source. The verb wax goes back to the Indo- European base *woks-, a variant of which has given English auction and augment. Although it has largely died out in English, its relatives in the other Germanic languages (meaning ‘grow’) are still very much alive: German wachsen, Dutch wassen, Swedish vāxa, and Danish vokse.
=> veil; auction, augment

wax (n.)

Old English weax "substance made by bees," from Proto-Germanic *wahsam (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German wahs, Old Norse vax, Dutch was, German Wachs), from PIE root *wokso- "wax" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic voskŭ, Lithuanian vaškas, Polish wosk, Russian vosk "wax" (but these may be from Germanic). Used of other similar substances from 18c. Slang for "gramophone record" is from 1932, American English (until the early 1940s, most original records were made by needle-etching onto a waxy disk which was then metal-plated to make a master). Waxworks "exhibition of wax figures representing famous or notorious persons" first recorded 1796.

wax (v.)

"grow bigger or greater," Old English weaxan "to increase, grow" (class VII strong verb; past tense weox, past participle weaxen), from Proto-Germanic *wahsan (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German wahsan, Old Norse vaxa, Old Frisian waxa, Dutch wassen, German wachsen, Gothic wahsjan "to grow, increase"), from PIE *weg- (cognates: Sanskrit vaksayati "cause to grow," Greek auxein "to increase"), extended form of root *aug- (1) "to increase" (see augment). Strong conjugation archaic after 14c. Related: Waxed; waxing.

Like floor wax, the oil made the floors shiny and helped protect the wood.

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Researchers in spain and england recently found that the worms of the greater wax moth can break down polyethylene, which accounts for 40% of plastics.

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The team left 100 wax worms on a commercial polyethylene shopping bag for 12 hours, and the worms consumed and broke down about 92 milligrams, or almost 3% of it.

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styling wax for the hair

定型发蜡

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floor wax

地板蜡

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wax crayons

蜡笔

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wax polish

上光蜡

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waxed paper

蜡纸

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a waxed jacket

上过蜡的夹克

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to wax your legs/to have your legs waxed

用蜡除去你腿上的毛

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He waxed lyrical on the food at the new restaurant.

他对这家新餐馆的菜肴越说越来劲。

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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。

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She loved the scent in the house of wax polish.

她喜欢房子里打过蜡的味道。

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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。

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...all those Sundays spent washing and waxing the car.

那些用来洗车和给车上蜡的星期天

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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。

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She could go shopping, and wax her legs.

她可以去逛商店，顺便除一下腿毛。

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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。

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My mother waxed eloquent on the theme of wifely duty.

我母亲大谈为妻之道。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

In his hand was a parchment with a broken seal of dark green wax.

他的手里拿着一份拆开了的信,封蜡是深绿色的.

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Clay, wax, and plaster are plastic substances.

粘土, 蜡和石膏是可塑物质.

辞典例句

The wax from the two candles fused as they burned.

两根蜡烛上的蜡燃烧时熔化在一起.

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But the lost wax casting technique is difficult to master.

但这种脱蜡铸造工艺法并非容易掌握.

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Apply DURASHINE Floor Polish after removing old wax polish with POWER OFF Floor floor.

用特丽去蜡剂起清旧的蜡渍后,再用特丽新地板蜡水,令地板时刻晶莹洁净.

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Clay and wax are plastic substances.

黏土和蜡是可塑性物质.

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Use Vacuum Casting System to produce accurate wax models necessary for the Metal Part Process.

用真空注蜡机为金属铸件造出精确蜡模.

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Raising white wax insects is very profitable in the countryside.

放养白蜡虫是农村非常有利的副业.

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I wax my boots chiefly to waterproof them.

我给靴子打蜡主要是为了防水.

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Consider a full service wash with wax and carpet shampooing.

考虑一下包括打蜡和地毯香波的一整套洗车服务吧.

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You should put some wax on those boots.

你应该给那些靴子打上一些蜡.

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