1670s, from genitive of bee + wax. As a jocular alteration of business (usually in an injunction to someone to mind his own) attested from 1934 in Lower East Side slang as reproduced in Henry Roth's "Call It Sleep."
双语例句
1. Beeswax acts as an emulsifying agent.
蜂蜡起到乳化剂的作用。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The hive is full of beeswax.
蜂房里满是蜂蜡。
来自辞典例句
3. The basic substance Willis selected for the strata of his experiments was beeswax.
威利斯在他做的试验中选择摸拟地层基本物质是石蜡.
来自辞典例句
4. She gathered up the moss and the remains of the beeswax.
她把苔藓和剩下的蜂蜡收集在一起.
来自互联网
5. Certification of beeswax is now considered by the regulation.
