waxing

英 [ˈwæksɪŋ]

美 [ˈwæksɪŋ]

v.  给…打蜡; 给…上蜡; 给…涂蜡; 用蜡除去…上的毛
wax的现在分词

复数：waxings　现在分词：waxing　

医学

BNC.37467 / COCA.29318

柯林斯词典

• N-MASS 蜡
  Waxis a solid, slightly shiny substance made of fat or oil which is used to make candles and polish. It melts when it is heated.
  1. 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。
  2. She loved the scent in the house of wax polish.
     她喜欢房子里打过蜡的味道。
• VERB 给…上蜡
  If youwaxa surface, you put a thin layer of wax onto it, especially in order to polish it.
  1. 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。
  2. ...all those Sundays spent washing and waxing the car.
     那些用来洗车和给车上蜡的星期天
• VERB 用蜡给（皮肤）除毛
  If you have your legswaxed, you have the hair removed from your legs by having wax put on them and then pulled off quickly.
  1. 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。
  2. She could go shopping, and wax her legs.
     她可以去逛商店，顺便除一下腿毛。
• 耳垢;耳屎
  Waxis the sticky yellow substance found in your ears.
• VERB 畅谈
  If you say that someone, for example,waxeslyrical orwaxesindignant about a subject, you mean that they talk about it in an enthusiastic or indignant way.
  1. 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。
  2. My mother waxed eloquent on the theme of wifely duty.
     我母亲大谈为妻之道。
• PHRASE 兴衰;盛衰
  If somethingwaxes and wanes, it first increases and then decreases over a period of time.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the application of wax to a surface
• a gradual increase in magnitude or extent
  1. the waxing of the moon

adj

• (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases
  1. the waxing moon passes from new to full

双语例句

• Any surface irregularities you do feel are bonded contaminants that must be removed before polishing or waxing.
  任何表面上不规则的东西你都会觉得是污染物，它必须在抛光和打蜡之前去除。
• Waxing a car after washing will rejuvenate the appearance of the car.
  清洗车身后在漆面上打蜡将使汽车的外观焕然一新。
• The specimen below is the result of sawing and multiple treatments with HF acid and waxing.
  上边石块是含有金的石英原石。下边的标本是经过酸和蜡处理过的标本。
• I started waxing the floor.
  我开始给地板打蜡。
• Waxing is problematic for removing underarm hair and thus should be avoided in this area.
  上蜡去除腋毛是有问题的头发，从而在这一领域，应该避免。
• Something of daylight still lightered, and the moon was waxing bright: I could see him plainly.
  还有一点儿日光残留着，月亮正在渐渐变亮，我可以清清楚楚地看见他。
• Effects of waxing on biochemical characters in sweet orange
  采后涂蜡对甜橙果实生化特性的影响
• Was always waxing lyrical about his wee home in the glen.
  总是在那幽谷中的小家周围点烛思乡。
• Or come and take a gentle waxing while you enjoy an Italian coffee.
  或者在享受意大利咖啡的同时进行热蜡脱毛。
• The motive of Qi transformation is the waxing and waning movement of Yin and Yang within the organism.
  气化运动的本质就是机体内部阴阳消长转化的矛盾运动。