wax

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；

复数：waxes过去式：waxed过去分词：waxed现在分词：waxing第三人称单数：waxes

paraffin wax n. 固体石腊

on the wax正在变大；在增加

wax printing蜡染

wax emulsion蜡乳化液；乳状石蜡

wax gourd冬瓜

wax and wane月圆月缺；盈亏；兴衰成败

wax pattern蜡模

microcrystalline wax微晶蜡；微晶石蜡

wax oil蜡油

polishing wax打光蜡

lost wax casting蜡模铸造；失蜡铸造；脱蜡铸造

floor wax地板蜡；擦地板布

wax paper蜡纸（用于包装物品）

wax museum蜡像馆

carnauba wax巴西棕榈蜡；加诺巴蜡

sealing wax封蜡；火漆

hard wax硬蜡

slack wax疏松石蜡；粗蜡

petroleum wax石油蜡；石蜡

ear wax[医]耳垢

1. Blobs of wax covered the candlestick.
   烛台上全是一团团的蜡。
2. He is modeling a unicorn in wax .
   他在用蜡制作独角兽。
3. They bought wax and honey up by the great.
   他们大量购进蜜蜡和蜂蜜。

1. Why did she have to wax the floors herself?
   她干什么非要自己动手给地板打腊?
2. I wax my boots chiefly to waterproof them.
   我给靴子打蜡主要是为了防水。

1. The moon is waxing.
   月亮越来越圆。

A lost-wax approach to monodisperse colloids and their crystals.
Understanding Wax Printing: A Simple Micropatterning Process for Paper-Based Microfluidics
Electrophotographic toners containing polyalkylene wax or high crystallinity wax
PROCESS FOR REDUCING THE POUR POINT AND VISCOSITY OF FISCHER-TROPSCH WAX
Detection of the Ki-67 antigen in fixed and wax-embedded sections with the monoclonal antibody MIB1
A novel bifunctional wax ester synthase/acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase mediates wax ester and triacylglycerol biosynthesis ...
CUT1, an Arabidopsis gene required for cuticular wax biosynthesis and pollen fertility, encodes a very-long-chain fatty acid condens...
The SHINE Clade of AP2 Domain Transcription Factors Activates Wax Biosynthesis, Alters Cuticle Properties, and Confers Drought Toler...
PCR based identification and discrimination of agents of mucormycosis and aspergillosis in paraffin wax embedded tissue.
Simultaneous detection and strain differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in paraffin wax embedded tissues and in stai...