wax
US: /ˈwæks/
UK: /wˈæks/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
wax /wæks/- danh từ
- sáp ong ((cũng) beeswax)
- chất sáp
- vegetable wax: sáp thực vật
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) đĩa hát
- like wax in someone's hands
- bị ai sai khiến, cho tròn được tròn bắt méo phải méo
- ngoại động từ
- đánh sáp, đánh bóng bằng sáp, bôi sáp, vuốt sáp
- to wax a table: đánh bóng bàn bằng sáp
- to wax a thread: vuốt sáp một sợi chỉ
- đánh sáp, đánh bóng bằng sáp, bôi sáp, vuốt sáp
- nội động từ
- tròn dần (trăng)
- the moon waxes and wanes: mặt trăng khi tròn khi khuyết
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) trở nên
- to wax merry: trở nên vui vẻ
- to wax indignant: nổi cơn phẫn nộ
- tròn dần (trăng)
- danh từ
- (từ lóng) cơn giận
- to be in a wax: đang nổi giận
- to get in a wax: nổi giận
- to put someone in a wax: làm cho ai nổi giận
- (từ lóng) cơn giận
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun [U]
1 a solid substance that is made from BEESWAX or from various fats and oils and used for making candles, polish, models, etc. It becomes soft when it is heated: styling wax for the hair + floor wax + wax crayons + wax polish
See also -
2 a soft sticky yellowish substance that is found in your ears
+ verb
1 [VN] to polish sth with wax
2 [VN] [usually passive] to cover sth with wax: waxed paper + a waxed jacket
3 [VN] [often passive] to remove hair from a part of the body using wax: to wax your legs / to have your legs waxed
4 [V] (of the moon) to seem to get gradually bigger until its full form is visible
Antonym: WANE
5 [V-ADJ] ~ lyrical, eloquent, sentimental, etc. (written) to become LYRICAL, etc. when speaking or writing: He waxed lyrical on the food at the new restaurant.
Idioms: wax and wane (literary) to increase then decrease in strength, importance, etc. over a period of time
Concise dictionary
waxes|waxed|waxingwæksnoun
+any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
verb
+cover with wax
+go up or advance
+increase in phase
