n.

1. 蠟；蜂蠟；石蠟；蠟狀物[U]
   He then coated it with wax.

   他然後在它上面塗了一層蠟。

2. 耳垢[U]
3. 【俚】唱片

a.

1. 蠟製的

vt.

1. 給……上蠟
   The floor has just been waxed.

   地板剛打過蠟。

2. 【口】把……灌製唱片

vi.

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

   月亮漸漸變圓直至滿盈，然後再變虧缺。

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

   衝突迅速加劇。

3. （漸漸）變成，轉為[L]
   The King waxed merry.

   國王高興起來。

n.[theS]

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

   有羽冠的啄木鳥現在在增加。

2. （新月到滿月的）漸盈

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.