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

• At least this time I caught it before the waxing.
  还好这次在脱毛之前我及时赶到。
• On the far right, above the horizon, is our Moon, in a waxing crescent phase.
  在远处，位于地平线上方是我们的月球，正处于变大的新月相位中。
• This one for waxing and this for polishing. oh, no, I think it's the other way round.
  那个用于打蜡，这个用来抛光。哦，不对，我看正好说反了。
• It contains De waxing agent, penetration agent and anti corrosion agent.
  独特的溶蜡剂、渗透剂、助溶剂、防腐剂等多组分制成。
• The most traditional way of hair removal is waxing it is messy and vigorously painful; trust me on this guys.
  最传统的方式是上蜡脱毛痛苦是大力狼籍；我相信这个家伙。
• 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。
• Waxing is an effective method to remove hair on the upper lip and fine hair on the sides of the face, but it's not recommended for the chin area where hair tends to be coarser.
  打蜡是一个有效的方法清除头发上唇和绒毛就双方的面子，但它的建议不下巴地方头发大多很粗。
• The final stage of waxing left it with a satin sheen.
  最后上完蜡后，它看起来犹如缎子般光滑亮泽。
• Lubricating or waxing the yarn to reduce friction.
  通过给纱线润滑或上蜡来降低摩擦。
• They knew the waxing moon appeared larger and higher overhead after each succeeding sunset.
  他们明白，日出后天空中的娥眉月显得更大更高。