n.

1. 蜡；蜂蜡；石蜡；蜡状物[U]
   He then coated it with wax.

   他然后在它上面涂了一层蜡。

2. 耳垢[U]
3. 【俚】唱片

a.

1. 蜡制的

vt.

1. 给……上蜡
   The floor has just been waxed.

   地板刚打过蜡。

2. 【口】把……灌制唱片

vi.

1. （月亮）渐圆，渐满
   The moon waxes till it becomes full, and then wanes.

   月亮渐渐变圆直至满盈，然后再变亏缺。

2. 增加；变大
   Discord waxed at an alarming rate.

   冲突迅速加剧。

3. （渐渐）变成，转为[L]
   The King waxed merry.

   国王高兴起来。

n.[theS]

1. 变大；增加
   Pileated woodpeckers are on the wax now.

   有羽冠的啄木鸟现在在增加。

2. （新月到满月的）渐盈

n.

1. beeswax.
   ▸a white translucent material obtained by bleaching and purifying beeswax, used to make candles and polishes.
   ▸any similar viscous substance, especially a lipid or hydrocarbon.
2. informal used in reference to gramophone records.

v.

1. polish or treat with wax.
   ▸remove hair from (a part of the body) by applying wax and then peeling it off with the hairs.
2. informal make a recording of.

v.

1. (of the moon) have a progressively larger part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to increase in size.
2. literary become larger or stronger.
3. speak or write in the specified manner:
   they waxed lyrical about the old days.

n.