Waxy

(a.) Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible.

校对:马里恩

• There was another stretcher by the side with a man on it whose nose I could see, waxy-looking, out of the bandages. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• I wonder what sort of a cheque I shall have at Waxy's. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• His black beard, now streaked with grey, seemed to spring out of the waxy flesh of a corpse. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It would cheer him up more than anything if I could make him a little waxy with me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Waxy came down to ratify the deeds--Lord Southdown gave away his sister--she was married by a Bishop, and not by the Rev. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He lay there, his face waxy gray against the cement sidewalk, his hands bent under him as they had been in the car. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• A cool, waxy, blown-out woman, who had never lighted well. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

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