wax

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wax 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 蜡, 蜡状物, 一阵发怒, 增加, (月亮)渐盈

vi. 变大, 增大, 月亮渐满

vt. 上蜡于

英文释义

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

v. cover with wax

v. go up or advance

v. increase in phase

wax 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 wax 在自然语境里怎么用：

It’s as if the candle wax becomes subcutaneous, the skin softened and more graceful but concealing an inner brittleness.

—— “Raphael: Sublime Poetry,” Reviewed: The Met Rescues a Master

A waxing crescent Moon is visible behind it.

—— Go behind the scenes of NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission with NOVA's 'Return to the Moon' documentary tonight (interview)

Barbour has been family-owned for five generations since 1894 and still makes its wax jackets by hand at the same factory in South Shields, England.

—— Brands got worse on purpose

Perugino’s compositions tend to be clumsy in their parallels—two people on the left, two people on the right—and the skin typically looks like candle wax.

—— “Raphael: Sublime Poetry,” Reviewed: The Met Rescues a Master

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