wax

蜡、蜡质

These candles are made from natural beeswax and burn slowly.

这些蜡烛以天然蜂蜡制成，燃烧得很慢。

耳垢、耳屎多指耳垢

The doctor removed a plug of wax from my left ear.

医生从我的左耳取出一块耳垢。

蜜蜡除毛、热蜡除毛美容用语

She books a leg wax before every beach trip.

她每次去海边前都会预约腿部蜜蜡除毛。

打蜡、上蜡

He waxes his car every other weekend without fail.

他每隔一个周末一定会帮车子打蜡。

除毛、脱毛美容用语

The salon can wax your eyebrows in ten minutes.

这家沙龙十分钟就能帮你用蜡修眉除毛。

渐盈、渐满指月亮

The moon is waxing, so the nights are getting brighter.

月亮正渐盈，夜晚也愈来愈明亮。

变得正式，后接形容词

He tends to wax lyrical about his student days.

他总是滔滔不绝地大谈自己的学生时代。

增长、壮大正式

Their influence waxed steadily during the postwar years.

他们的影响力在战后那几年稳定增长。

消长、盛衰、起起落落

Public interest in the issue has waxed and waned for years.

大众对这个议题的关注多年来一直起起落落。