waxed paper {NAmE also 'wax paper) noun [u] paper covered with a thin layer of
wax, used to wrap food or when cooking ( )
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waxen /'waeksn/ adj. 1 (formal) made of wax it® (ft; fHlft; '$4$
Eft: waxen
images 4n# 2 (literary) pale and looking
ill/sick ^ ® ft; JliS ft: a waxen face ^ ft ft Ji&
'wax paper noun (NAmE) = greaseproof paper,
WAXED
PAPER
wax-work /'waeksw3:k; NAmE -W3:rk/ noun 1
a model of a person that is made of wax 4ff #; j^A2 wax- works (pi. wax-works) (especially BrE) (NAmE usually 'wax museum) a museum where you can
see wax models of famous people
waxy /'waeksi/ adj. made of wax; looking or feeling like
waxOJft; Itt©ft; MH Ait ft
way 0-w /wei/ noun, adv.
mnoun
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METHOD/STYLE }j If h v 1 [C] ~ (to do sth) | ~ (of doing sth) a method, style or
manner of doing sth ftf
X#; A Ax That’s not the right way to hold
a pair of scissors.
IP^^HiFXXN,, 0 I’m not happy
with this way of working. f^XH Xft M # -X
fft Af 0 0 I hate the way she always criticizes me. t¥$£0
o I told you we should have done it my way!
J&MjE
Aft 0 Infectious
diseases
can be acquired in
several ways.
N 0
o I generally get what I want one way or another (= by some means). A -N&X ii'XUJ 1ft&WftX H o 0
(informal, disapproving) That’s no way to speak to your mother! X fg IP \ 0 It’s not what
you say, it’s the way that you say it. PIM X X 7 N4.&
if ft*,
® AXlfc.'ig ft*i&o — see also
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BEHAVIOUR f r 2 [C]
a particular manner or style of
behaviour fftjxl; Jxuk; #7: They grinned at her in a friendly way. {iff}AXFHMH PfA7%Q 0 It was not his way to admit that he had made a mistake, 7-iA g £ XB 7 © ® X Ji H — 1% ft M 0 o Don’t worry, if she
seems quiet—it’s just her way. AXJiiftif,
ft*XA0
0 He was showing off, as is the way with adolescent boys, {fatE&W., A# HI ft ft ® IfPJlrMX# 7o 3 ways [plj the typical way
of behaving and living of a particular group of people ( f|#ft
) fr Juft#, XfSAA, /H&: After ten years I’m used to the strange British ways. -f X A Nf, Aftlf^^SIAft^X
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ROUTE/ROAD 17 X : iii 17 4 [C, usually sing.] ~ (from ...)
(to ...) a route or road
that you take in order to reach a place 5&X; 17; 1SI7: the best/quickest/shortest way from AtoB XHftI? ft / *1&ft / *Mfti7^ 0
Can
you teZZ me the
way to
ft!7®r? 0 to ask sb the way ®iAf<I17 0 We went the long way round. AClli&7~7AISI7o 5 [C, usually sing.] the route along which
sb/sth is moving; the route that sb/sth would take if there was nothing
stopping them/it ff iS i7 ^; ii 1$: Get out of my way! I’m in a hurry, XftFl AN/ll^o 0 Riot police with shields were blocking the demonstrators’ way. X# Jf?)$ftl^llW?Plft7;7$c#ft]7o 0 We fought our way
through the dense vegetation. AITA ft
fl 1$ A Xft
il 17 o 0 Unfortunately they ran into a snowstorm along the way. fife
111 X
7
i£ X i§ ± 7 H M'f » ~ see also right of way 6 [c] a road, path or
street for travelling along 17; AM; Ail: There’s a way
across the fields. X — & 17 U M ffl H „
— see also freeway,
HIGHWAY,
MOTORWAY, RAILWAY(l), WATERWAY 7 Way used in the names of
streets ( ) J7, IS:
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DIRECTION h I 8 [C, usually sing ] which, this, that, etc. ~ a particular direction; in a particular direction
In];
fi.X A Pi: Which way did they go? HII MWiAA 7? 0 We just missed a car coming the other way. AH 0 Look both ways
(=
look left and right) before crossing the road. H MX 17 M5c 41X X W M#—W0
0 Make sure that sign’s the right way up. —XX^HMTSf$]iI®'($J7 „ 0 Kids were running this way and that (= in all directions).
fA7Il 0 They decided to split the money four ways (= between four
different people). HIlXXtB'X A#lft {jf 0 o (figurative) Which way (= for which party) are you
going to vote? IMJ^SiPMlft II ? — see also each way,
ONE-WAY, THREE-WAY, TWO-WAY
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FOR ENTERING/LEAVING M A ; ,A j, 9 [C, usually sing.] a
means of going into or leaving a place, such as a door or gate ft A ii 31; HP: the way in/out A / ft P 0 They escaped out
the back way. ffe f] X X H M A 7;o
—
see also companionway
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DISTANCE/TIME : N' |h| 10 [sing.] (also NAmE
informal ways) a distance or period of time between two
points
( WAMi'h]#) ) , Nib]#: a little way up on the left
is the
industry still has a way to go to full maturity. MAifeE 0 You came all this way to see us? II ? 0 (NAmE,
informal) We still have a ways to go. AIIX X# A 61 HjZEo
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AREA :H ]x 11 [sing.]
(informal) an area, a part of a
country, etc. HE; HA1: I think he lives somewhere over
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ASPECT X® 12 [C] a particular
aspect of sth A® ET771 respect: I have changed in every way.
$T« 0 It’s been quite a
day, one way and another (= for several reasons).
A/lftlf , X##
ftJ
-Xo
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CONDITION/STATE If A : A A
13 [sing.]
a particular
condition or state 'If The economy’s in a bad
way. o 0 I don’t know how we’re going to
manage, the way things are. ^ U, llcXA
IRTl across the way (BrE also over the way) on the other side of the street, etc. IeIIjN®; - Music blared from
the open window of the house across the way. A S#ft «
all the way 1 (also
the .whole way) during the whole journey/period of time ; § ih S#: She
didn’t speak a word to me all the way back home. ® Itl® 2 completely; as much as
it takes to achieve what you want ^AH; A#® H: I’m fighting him all the way. ^cAAAfflHNirio o You can feel that the audience is with her
all the way. % (that’s/it’s) always the way (informal) used
to say that things often happen in a particular way, especially when it is not
convenient ( any way
you slice it (NAmE, informal) however
you choose to look at a situation A ife IR IP ® # # 'be/be born/be made that way (of a person A) to behave or do things
in a particular manner because it is part of your character AH In A; It’s not his fault
he’s so
pompous—he was born that way. HlRltk SI^XIlAXd^ be .set in your
‘ways to
have habits or opinions that you have had for a long time and that you do not
want to change |R
—
p; : By the way, I
found that book you
were looking for. ’T, T^AXIftlNiPX
Xc 0 What’s the time, by the way? Jl[I®l'nJ—ft), /LAH 7 ? 0 Oh by the way, if you see Jackie, tell her I’ll call her this evening. PH, M 7 S HM I'J iA
^, A # H
& .4* %n H ft" ft. if o by way of sth by a route that
includes the place mentioned
]Z&#; MX Bud
via : The artist recently arrived in
3\ 7 BHo 0 She came to TV by way of drama school. M $JANI ^ o by way of/in the way
of sth as a form of sth; for
sth; as a means of sth ff
. A 7; He received £600 by
way of compensation
from the company. H#f!]IPI?ft^N
600 ^ H In ft o 0 She rolled her eyes by way of an answer
and left.
Mffitl7 AX BSBf 0A 7 0 come your way to happen to you by
chance, or when you were not expecting it ;§;■••AX;
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