例句 |
waxesverb1present tense third-person singular of wax to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce frictionwaxing a surfboard greases, lubricates, oils, slicks bathes, douses(also dowses), drenches, soaks, souses, washes, waters, wets coarsens, roughens, roughsdehydrates, dries, parches, sears slangto defeat by a large marginI can't believe I bet on a football team that ended up getting waxed 45-0 annihilates, blows away, bombs, buries, clobbers, creams, drubs, dusts, flattens, pastes, routs, shellacs, skins, skunks, smokes(slang), smothers, snows under, thrashes, trims, tromps, trounces, wallops, whips, whomps, whops(or whaps), whups sweeps, upsetsbeats, bests, conquers, dispatches, hurdles, licks, masters, overbears, overcomes, overmatches, prevails (over), subdues, surmounts, takes, throws, triumphs (over), wins (against), worstscrushes, knocks off, knocks over, overpowers, overthrows, overwhelms, subjugates, upends, vanquishesaces (out), betters, eclipses, exceeds, outdistances, outdoes, outfights, outshines, outstrips, overtops, surpasses, tops, transcendsedges (out), noses out, pips(British)caps, excels, flourishes, scores, succeedsbreaks, destroys, does in, finishes, sinks, slaughters beats the pants off, eats alive, runs circles around(or runs rings around), wipes the floor with(or wipes the ground with) waxesverb2present tense third-person singular of waxto become greater in extent, volume, amount, or numberthe commitment of the young volunteers to the cause seems to wax and wane accelerates, accumulates, appreciates, balloons, booms, builds up, burgeons(also bourgeons), climbs, enlarges, escalates, expands, gains, increases, mounts, multiplies, mushrooms, proliferates, rises, rolls up, snowballs, spreads, swells jumps, rockets, skyrockets, surgesheightens, intensifies, redoublesblows up, bulks, distends, inflates, puffs (up)crescendoes, crests, peaks contracts, decreases, diminishes, dwindles, lessens, recedes, wanes to eventually have as a state or qualitywaxed poetic whenever he wrote to his girlfriend becomes, comes, gets, goes, grows, runs, turns alters, changes, metamorphoses, modifies, mutates, transfigures, transforms, transmutes abides, continues, is, lingers, remains, stays |