waxy是什麽意思

waxy

英 ['wæksɪ] 美 ['wæksi]

adj. 柔軟的；蠟色的；像蠟的；蒼白的

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.: 索性用那塗了蠟似的、角質的小紅嘴,“嗒嗒”啄著我顫動的筆尖.

2. Choose small waxy potatoes for the salad.: 選些個頭小、表皮光滑的土豆做色拉。

3. A waxy cloud or haze appears in the liquid.: 在液體中出現蠟點或混濁.

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.

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,並具有臘樣的光澤.

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