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英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Waxing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wax
Waxwing
(n.)
Any one of several species of small birds of the genus
Ampelis, in which some of the secondary quills are usually tipped with
small horny ornaments resembling red sealing wax. The Bohemian waxwing
(see under Bohemian) and the cedar bird are examples. Called also
waxbird.
Waxwork
(n.)
Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed
or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.
Waxwork
(n.)
An American climbing shrub (Celastrus scandens). It bears
a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open in the autumn, and
display the scarlet coverings of the seeds.
Waxworker
(n.)
One who works in wax; one who makes waxwork.
Waxworker
(n.)
A bee that makes or produces wax.
Waxy
(a.)
Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid;
adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible.
Way
(adv.)
Away.
Way
(n.)
That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes;
opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street,
track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine.
Way
(n.)
Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long
way.
Way
(n.)
A moving; passage; procession; journey.
Way
(n.)
Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action;
advance.
Way
(n.)
The means by which anything is reached, or anything is
accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
Way
(n.)
Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of
expressing one's ideas.
Way
(n.)
Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of
conduct; mode of dealing.
Way
(n.)
Sphere or scope of observation.
Way
(n.)
Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to
have one's way.
Way
(n.)
Progress; as, a ship has way.
Way
(n.)
The timbers on which a ship is launched.
Way
(n.)
The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a
planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves.