1. wax and wane : 月的盈亏, 圆缺, (喻)盛衰;
及物动词
不及物动词
名词
1. 蜡
Wax is a solid, slightly shiny substance made of fat or oil which is used to make candles and polish. It melts when it is heated.
2. 给…上蜡
If you wax a surface, you put a thin layer of wax onto it, especially in order to polish it.
3. 用蜡给(皮肤)除毛
If you have your legs waxed, you have the hair removed from your legs by having wax put on them and then pulled off quickly.
4. 耳垢;耳屎
Wax is the sticky yellow substance found in your ears.
5. 畅谈
If you say that someone, for example, waxes lyrical or waxes indignant about a subject, you mean that they talk about it in an enthusiastic or indignant way.
6. 兴衰;盛衰
If something waxes and wanes, it first increases and then decreases over a period of time.
1. any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin
they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water