waxed paper {NAmE also 'wax paper) noun [u] paper covered with a thin layer of wax, used to wrap food or when cooking (       ) !fcg£ft

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

                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 third way

                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

                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 Leicester Square? NAbA ijf A

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:

106 Headley Way HHAJI7 106 N

                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

                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

                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 Museum of Modern Art. ituffiXisXXMMJiSftftlt A1f o 0 September was a long way off. IP N^ AN ift iE X #       — # N N o 0 (figurative) The area’s wine

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

                AREA :H ]x 11 [sing.] (informal) an area, a part of a country, etc. HE; HA1: I think he lives somewhere over London way. A H X X X1/ Pfl X 0 0 Til stop by and see you next time I’m down your way. Xiftl^ AIPIP

                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

                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; AH: 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 N HU;. A #1# by the 'way (informal) used to introduce a comment or question that is not directly related to what you have been talking about -X;!

                  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 Paris from Bulgaria by way of Vienna.

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; IP!XAX