waxy是什么意思？

waxy

英[ˈwæksi] 美[ˈwæksi]

• adj. 像蜡的，蜡色的，苍白的，光滑的；

例句

• A waxy cloud or haze appears in the liquid. 在液体中出现蜡点或混浊.
• And some minutely crystalline varieties, such as flint, may be opaque and of a waxy luster. 某些细小的结晶变种, 如燧石, 可能是不透明的,并具有腊样的光泽.
• They also secrete a waxy, transparent substance called cutin. 它们还分泌蜡质的透明物质,称作角质.
• It would even peck my bobbing nib with its waxy red bill. 索性用那涂了蜡似的、角质的小红嘴,“嗒嗒”啄着我颤动的笔尖.
• ...the waxy coating on the insect's body. 昆虫体表的蜡质层
• Choose small waxy potatoes for the salad. 选些个头小、表皮光滑的土豆做色拉。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  似蜡的;光滑的
  Something that is waxy looks or feels like wax.
  例句
  Choose small waxy potatoes for the salad. 选些个头小、表皮光滑的土豆做色拉。 ...the waxy coating on the insect's body. 昆虫体表的蜡质层

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. made of or covered with wax;
  "waxen candles""careful, the floor is waxy"
  2. resembling or covered with wax;
  "as shiny as a waxy pippin""the ceraceous surface of the leaves"
  3. having the paleness of wax;
  "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker"the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him""a thin face with a waxy paleness"