waxy
英 ['w?ks?]
美['w?ksi]
- adj. 柔軟的；蠟色的；像蠟的；蒼白的
TOEFL暢通詞匯
英文詞源
- waxy (adj.)
- early 15c., "made of wax," from wax (n.) + -y (2). Figurative use from 1590s. Meaning "like wax" is from 1799. Related: Waxiness.
雙語例句
- 1. It would even peck my bobbing nib with its waxy red bill.
- 索性用那涂了蠟似的、角質的小紅嘴,“嗒嗒”啄著我顫動的筆尖.
來自漢英文學 - 現代散文
- 2. Choose small waxy potatoes for the salad.
- 選些個頭小、表皮光滑的土豆做色拉。
來自辭典例句
- 3. A waxy cloud or haze appears in the liquid.
- 在液體中出現蠟點或混濁.
來自辭典例句
- 4. They also secrete a waxy, transparent substance called cutin.
- 它們還分泌蠟質的透明物質,稱作角質.
來自辭典例句
- 5. And some minutely crystalline varieties, such as flint, may be opaque and of a waxy luster.
- 某些細小的結晶變種, 如燧石, 可能是不透明的,并具有臘樣的光澤.
來自辭典例句