waxy
英 ['wæksɪ]
美 ['wæksi]
TOEFL
- waxy (adj.)
- early 15c., "made of wax," from wax (n.) + -y (2). Figurative use from 1590s. Meaning "like wax" is from 1799. Related: Waxiness.
- 1. 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.
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- 2. Choose small waxy potatoes for the salad.
- 选些个头小、表皮光滑的土豆做色拉。
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- 3. A waxy cloud or haze appears in the liquid.
- 在液体中出现蜡点或混浊.
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- 4. 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.
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- 5. 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.
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