waxwork

美 [ˈwækswɜːrk]英 [ˈwækswɜːk]
  • n.蜡像;蜡像馆;蜡人

复数: waxworks

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noun

1

蜡像;蜡人
a model of a person that is made of wax

2

蜡像馆
a museum where you can see wax models of famous people

waxwork

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT (尤指名人的)蜡像
    A waxwork is a model of a person, especially a famous person, made out of wax.

  • 2
    N-COUNT (名人)蜡像馆
    A waxworks is a place where waxworks are displayed for the public to look at. Waxworks is both the singular and the plural form.

noun

1
an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax
Synonym: wax figure
2
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  1. The waxworker brought a new waxwork into the room .

    蜡制品工人把一个新蜡像搬进了屋。

  2. It is so realistic , it looks like a waxwork model of the boy himself - only a lot tastier .

    这个蛋糕跟Alfie非常形似,像是为他度身打造的蜡像,只是这个“蜡像”更美味。

  3. Madame Tussaud is one of most famous waxworks in the world .

    杜莎夫人蜡像馆是世界上最著名的蜡像馆之一

  4. A lot of people in the waxworks will get the axe .

    蜡像馆里的很多人将被解雇。

  5. A waxworks hall reproduces the scene of the historic first political meeting .

    馆中有一间蜡像厅,重现了当年历史性的第一次政治大会场景。

  6. Every figure in the great men waxworks room is true to life , and each has an outstanding charm and extraordinary manner .

    伟人蜡像馆的每个人物都维妙维肖,个个神韵卓著,气派非凡。

  7. Souvenir cups show the waxwork likeness of President Obama at Madame Tussauds in Shanghai .

    上海杜莎夫人蜡像馆出售的纪念水壶上印上了奥巴马的照片。

  8. At the sight of the waxwork they dissolved into sobs .

    看到蜡像的一霎那,她们便难以抑制地抽泣起来。

  9. The taxman taxed his strength in order to levy surtax on the waxworks .

    为了对蜡像馆征收附加税,税务稽查员费尽了力气。

  10. The tramp was so frightened at the idea of sleeping in a haunted house that he was like a waxwork .

    这个流浪汉想起自己是睡在一座鬼魂出没的屋子里,吓得脸色苍白。

  11. Artist Er Bao Rui Who Scored A New Page In The Area Of World Wax Work The Cause on Experiment Deflection of Asphalt Waxwork Content and Experiment Improvement

    金色阳光为谁而灿烂&谱写世界蜡像艺术新篇章的艺术家尔宝瑞沥青含蜡量试验(蒸馏法)误差原因及改进

  12. Madame Tussaud 's is a famous waxworks in London . mark or print with a stencil .

    图索夫人蜡像馆是伦敦一家著名的蜡像馆。使用蜡纸进行制造或者印刷。

  13. When Justin Bieber 's waxwork was unveiled at Madame Tussauds in London today , fans were left stunned by just how unrealistic the model was .

    JustinBieber的蜡像在杜莎夫人蜡像馆露面后,粉丝们都惊呆了:这蜡像忒超现实啊!

  14. The taxman will levy surtax on the waxworks .

    税务局将对蜡像馆征收附加税。

  15. The introduction highlighted the speaker 's distinguished career in linguistics . Every figure in the Great Men Waxworks Room is true to life , and each has an outstanding charm and extraordinary manner .

    对这位语言学家的介绍使他的卓著的事业更显著了。伟人蜡像馆的每个人物都维妙维肖,个个神韵卓著,气派非凡。

  16. ANJALI RAO , TALK ASIA : So , I guess when you have a waxwork of yourself , is that how you know that you 've really arrived ?

    《亚洲名人聊天》安姿丽:我想,当你有了自己的蜡像.是不是就知道自己有多成功了呢?

  17. But I very much fear that we , with our idolatry of verisimilitude , have arrived at the opposite pole of all idealism , the realm of the waxworks .

    然而,另一方面,我恐怕,今人之崇拜自然和崇拜现实,已经走到与一切理想主义对立的另一极端,换句话说,走进蜡象陈列室的领域了。

  18. Not so here : in 1978 the Earl of Warwick sold the castle and its heating bills to the Tussauds Group ( owners of the famous waxworks as well as theme parks ) .

    但沃里克城堡并非如此:1978年,沃里克伯爵把城堡连带所欠取暖费一并转手给了杜莎集团(TussaudsGroup,诸多知名蜡像馆以及主题公园的运营商)。