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Related topics: Colours, Industrywax·en /ˈwæksən/ adjective literary 1 CCCOLOUR/COLORpale and shiny like wax 〔像蜡般〕苍白的；光亮的 his waxen face 他蜡一般的苍白面孔2 TImade from wax 蜡制的 waxen images 蜡像Examples from the Corpuswaxen• When he laid his hand against the old man's waxen cheek it was already cold.• a waxen complexion• He took out the waxen figure which also contained straw and fat from a hanged man.• The water bounces off the waxen leaves.• He had stooped to kiss her cold cheek and smelt in the hollow of her neck the waxen odour of death.• Sandoz looked waxen, the skin beneath his eyes purplish.wax·en adjectiveChineseSyllable and shiny like wax pale Corpus |