英语词汇“wax taper”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

wax taper

释义

wax taper
1. A taper made of wax.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. lxii. (1495) 898 A wexe tapre hyght Cereus of cera wexe for it is made of wexe.1408–17in Rec. St. Mary at Hill Introd. p. xcvi, And .xij. wex tapers to be set vpon euery crosse.1676A. Marvell Gen. Councils Wks. (Grosart) IV. 97 Demetrius had no more reason in law against them, than a chandler might have had, if by Paul's preaching, wax-tapers..had grown out of fashion.1765J. Brown Chr. Jrnl., Harvest Day 226 Such is the death of the wicked: but may I like a wax-taper, leave a sweet and edifying savour of Christ behind me.1907J. A. Hodges Elem. Photogr. (ed. 6) 148 Ignited by means of a long wax taper.
†2. A cone-shell (see quot.).
1815S. Brookes Introd. Conchol. 157 Wax Taper, Conus Virgo.

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