wax

【wax音标】 英[wæks] 美[wæks]

【单词释义】 wax是什么意思：

n.蜡，蜡状物；耳垢，耳屎；（鞋匠用的）擦线蜡；增大

vt.给…打蜡，给…上蜡；渐渐变大；变为；（月亮）渐圆，渐盈

vi.给…上蜡，给…涂蜡；把…灌制唱片；用热蜡除去毛发

adj.蜡制的，似蜡的

[单词分级] 高考英语词汇

[单词复数] waxes [第三人称单数] waxes

[单词现在分词] waxing

[单词过去式] waxed

[单词过去分词] waxed

【wax形近词/近似词】

ax   n.斧头 v.削减；解雇

tax   n.税，税额；税款； v.对…征税；使负重担；责备

lax   adj.松懈的；粗心的；不严格的；（肠）宽松的；（语音）松弛的

fax   n.传真,传真机 vt.传真

【单词例句】

◇ When they were shown in her office and saw her once more, she brought them a teapot of tea and some cookies, laughing and saying, “I rubbed some cream and wax on my garment and passed myself off as a shabby woman among thieves and robbers to investigate a plot.
当他们被带进她的办公室再次见到她时，她给他们拿来一壶茶和一些饼干，笑着说：“我把奶油和蜡涂在大衣上假扮成寒酸肮脏的女人混进在小偷和抢劫犯中间，是为了调查一宗阴谋。

---- Pronunciation and Status

◇ In the 1880's refiners learned how to make other petroleum products such as waxes and lubricating oils. Petroleum was not then used to make gasoline or heating oil.
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。 那时石油还没有被用来制造汽油或采暖装置用油。

---- Oil Refining