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waxen

/wak-suhn/US // ˈwæk sən //UK // (ˈwæksən) //

打蜡,蜡质,蜡像,蜡

Related Words

waxy蜡质,蜡质的,腊肠,蜡制的impressionable印象深刻的,印象深刻,印象派,印象深刻的人soft软,软的,软性,软体weak软弱,弱,软弱无力,薄弱yielding屈服,柔顺的,屈服的,柔顺ashen苍白,苍白无力,苍白的,灰色的blanched焯水,焯过水的,焯过水,烫过的ghostly可怕的,幽灵般的,幽灵般地,幽灵般pallid苍白的,苍白,苍白的颜色,苍白色的pasty糊状物,糊状的,糊状,糊糊white白色,白,白色的,白的whitish带白色的,发白的,发白,带白色

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : made of or covered, polished, or treated with wax.
    • : resembling or suggesting wax: Illness gave his face a waxen appearance.
    • : weak, manageable, or impressionable: The minds of young children are waxen.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.waxlike
Synonyms
waxy蜡质,蜡质的,腊肠,蜡制的wax-covered
adj.pliable
Synonyms
waxy蜡质,蜡质的,腊肠,蜡制的impressionable印象深刻的,印象深刻,印象派,印象深刻的人soft软,软的,软性,软体weak软弱,弱,软弱无力,薄弱yielding屈服,柔顺的,屈服的,柔顺
adj.pale
Synonyms
ashen苍白,苍白无力,苍白的,灰色的blanched焯水,焯过水的,焯过水,烫过的ghostly可怕的,幽灵般的,幽灵般地,幽灵般pallid苍白的,苍白,苍白的颜色,苍白色的pasty糊状物,糊状的,糊状,糊糊white白色,白,白色的,白的whitish带白色的,发白的,发白,带白色

Examples

  • A waxen young woman stands in silence at an underground railway platform.

  • Her bare shoulders looked waxen and unnatural in the weird light which shone down upon them.

  • A streak of sunshine had found its way into the room, lay across the carpet, and touched Sogrange's still, waxen features.

  • We had no molds, but Annie said the latest style in Natchez was to make a waxen rope by dipping, then wrap it round a corn-cob.

  • He looked like an old patriarch, with his tall figure and waxen complexion.

  • Deep in the shadow the three old ladies sat in a waxen ecstasy, so still that Michael wondered whether they were alive.

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