waxen

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. alternative past participle of wax. alternative,archaic,form-of,participle,past
  2. plural simple present of wax form-of,obsolete,plural,present
    — And they that occupye them bene in moche ſauegarde, and hauen greate conſolacyon, and bene the readyer vnto all goodnes, the ſlower to all euyll, and yf they haue done any thing amyſe, anone euen by the ſyght of the bookes theyꝛ conſciences bene admoniſhed, and they waxen ſoꝛy ⁊ aſhamed of the facte.
形容词 adj.
  1. Grown. UK,dialectal
  2. Made of or covered with wax.
    — a waxen tablet
  3. Of or pertaining to wax.
  4. Having the pale smooth characteristics of wax, waxlike, waxy.
    — It was hard to imagine that the broken thing had once been new; that those withered, waxen cheeks had been fresh and tinted. That her eyes had long ago glinted with laughter.
  5. Easily molded, influenced, or bent; yielding, impressible.
    — The traveller hears me now and then, ⁠And sometimes harshly will he speak: ⁠‘This fellow would make weakness weak, And melt the waxen hearts of men.’
  6. Easily effaced, as if written in wax. rare

词形变化

more waxen comparative most waxen superlative more waxen comparative most waxen superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
waxen chatterer waxen image waxen vein woad-waxen

词源

词源 1
From Middle English waxen, from Old English weaxen, ġeweaxen, from Proto-Germanic *wahsanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną (“to wax, grow, increase”), equivalent to wax + -en (past participle ending).
词源 2
Equivalent to wax + -en (plural simple present ending).
词源 3
From Middle English waxen (“made of wax”), from Old English weaxen (“waxen, made of wax”), equivalent to wax + -en (“made of”).
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