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wax

[wæks] брит. / амер.

1. сущ.
  1. воск (пчелиный)
  2. ушная сера
  3. нечто мягкое, легко поддающееся обработке, влиянию
  4. 1. восковая свеча
    2. восковая фигура
2. гл.
  1. вощить
  2. удалять волосы (горячим воском)
  3. уст. записывать на фонографе (на пластинки из воска)
1. гл.
  1. книжн. увеличиваться, расти
  2. прибывать (о фазе Луны или других небесных тел)
  3. уст. становиться, приходить в некоторое состояние
2. сущ.
  1. рост, увеличение
  2. уст. приступ гнева; ярость

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wax

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"Here you have modesty, brother, silence, bashfulness, a savage virtue... and yet she's sighing and melting like wax, simply melting!
-- Тут, брат, стыдливость, молчаливость, застенчивость, целомудрие ожесточенное, и при всем этом -- вздохи, и тает как воск, так и тает!
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Crime and PunishmentДостоевский, Фёдор / Преступление и наказание
Преступление и наказание
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1970
Crime and Punishment
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2009 Rhodes Media

Again with tremulous fingers I struck the flint against the steel, and this time I lit not only the tinder but the wax taper.
Потом я снова дрожащей рукой ударил стальным кресалом по кремню, и на этот раз зажег не только трут, но и вощеную бумагу.
Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Adventures of Brigadier GerardКонан Дойль, Артур / Приключения бригадира Жерара
Приключения бригадира Жерара
Конан Дойль, Артур
© Издательство "Правда", 1966
The Adventures of Brigadier Gerard
Conan Doyle, Arthur
© 2008 by Fireship Press

At the bottom of the letters, Silas has signed his name, and across some just-visible passwords has imprinted in wax the seal of the New Crobuzon Parliament.
Сайлас подписал письма своим именем, а на едва видимые пароли наложил восковую печать кробюзонского парламента.
Mieville, China / The ScarМьевиль, Чайна / Шрам
Шрам
Мьевиль, Чайна
© Перевод. Г. Крылов, 2008
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2008
© 2002 by China Mieville
The Scar
Mieville, China
© 2002 by China Mieville

What a company of spectres we looked in that cold, clear, searching light, the Emperor with his face of wax, Soult blotched with powder, Lobau dabbled with blood!
Должно быть, в ее холодном и ясном свете мы казались толпой призраков — император с бледным, словно восковым, лицом, Сульт, весь черный от порохового дыма, Лобо в пятнах крови!
Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Adventures of Brigadier GerardКонан Дойль, Артур / Приключения бригадира Жерара
Приключения бригадира Жерара
Конан Дойль, Артур
© Издательство "Правда", 1966
The Adventures of Brigadier Gerard
Conan Doyle, Arthur
© 2008 by Fireship Press

freezing out of paraffin wax from de-asphalted and de-resined oil residue.
вымораживание парафина из деасфальтизированного и обессмоленного остатка нефти.
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The fat, red-faced precentor Tolmashevsky extinguished a greasy wax candle and thrust his tuning-fork into his pocket.
Толстый, багровый Толмашевский угасил восковую жидкую свечу и камертон засунул в карман.
Bulgakov, Michail / The White GuardБулгаков, Михаил / Белая гвардия
Белая гвардия
Булгаков, Михаил
© Мурманское книжное издательство, 1990
The White Guard
Bulgakov, Michail
© 1971 by McGraw-Hill Book Company

'We believe in cobblers' wax.
— Как вы видите, мы признаем только ремесло, дратву да шило.
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard / The Light That FailedКиплинг, Джозеф Редьярд / Свет погас
Свет погас
Киплинг, Джозеф Редьярд
© "Издательство П. П. Сойкина", 1915
The Light That Failed
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard
© 2011 by Victorian Secrets

She plagued her mother with questions; she dreamt of the church adorned with a profusion of white roses, filled with thousands of wax tapers, with the sound of angels' voices, and sweet perfumes.
Она приставала к матери с бесконечными расспросами, грезила о церкви, полной белых роз, о бесчисленных свечах, небесных голосах и сладостных ароматах.
Zola, Emile / A Love EpisodeЗоля, Эмиль / Страница любви
Страница любви
Золя, Эмиль
A Love Episode
Zola, Emile
© 2005 Mondial

The speed made a blur of the scenery, reds and yellows and oranges melting like candle wax.
Скорость превращала осенний пейзаж в расплывчатые пятна: красный, желтый и оранжевый таяли, смешиваясь, будто свечной воск.
Sakey, Marcus / The Blade ItselfСэйки, Маркус / По лезвию ножа
По лезвию ножа
Сэйки, Маркус
© 2007 by Marcus Sakey
© Перевод. А.И.Ахмерова, 2009
© ООО "Издательство "АСТ", 2009
The Blade Itself
Sakey, Marcus
© 2007 by Marcus Sakey

The candles on Jace's altar were out, the smell of burned wax filling the air.
Свечи на алтаре Джейса погасли; в воздухе стоял запах расплавленного воска.
Saintcrow, Lilith / Dead Man RisingСэйнткроу, Лилит / Возвращение мертвеца
Возвращение мертвеца
Сэйнткроу, Лилит
© Перевод. С. Теремязева, 2009
© Издание на руском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2009
© 2006 by Lilith Saintcrow
Dead Man Rising
Saintcrow, Lilith
© 2006 by Lilith Saintcrow

This invention relates to geology, geochemistry, oil refinery and petroleum chemistry, namely, to the determination of paraffin wax and asphaltene content in oil, which could be of particular usefulness in analyzing heavy oils and bitumens.
Изобретение относится к области геологии, геохимии, нефтепереработке и нефтехимии, а именно к определению содержания парафинов и асфальтенов в нефти и может быть особенно полезно для анализа тяжелых нефтей и битумов.
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His brows were somewhat contracted and frowning, he positively had the look of a lifeless wax figure.
Брови немного сдвинуты и нахмурены; решительно он походил на бездушную восковую фигуру.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

The quiet went on while he turned the package over and over in his hands, ran his fingers over the nub of sealing wax, and the ring, and the long letter with its dreadful warning.
Молчание продолжалось еще какое-то время. Флорин так и сяк крутил пакет в руках, трогал пальцами шишечку воска, кольцо, разглядывал письмо со страшным предупреждением.
Mieville, China / The ScarМьевиль, Чайна / Шрам
Шрам
Мьевиль, Чайна
© Перевод. Г. Крылов, 2008
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2008
© 2002 by China Mieville
The Scar
Mieville, China
© 2002 by China Mieville

The present invention relates to a lost-wax method associated with piezocrystallization and a device for carrying out said method.
Изобретение относится к способу литья по выплавляемым моделям с кристаллизацией под давлением и устройство для его осуществления.
http://www.patentlens.net/ 11/1/2011
http://www.patentlens.net/ 11/1/2011

The invention is applicable in foundry industry, namely, for lost-wax casting associated with piezocrystallization, substantially, metal ware casting.
Изобретение найдет применение в литейном производстве, а именно в литье по выплавляемым моделям с кристаллизацией под давлением, преимущественно металлических изделий.
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wæksNounвоскExamples

wax candle — восковая свеча
mineral wax — минеральный воск
sealing wax — уплотняющий воск

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Collocations

ader wax

озокерит

ader-wax

сырой озокерит

animal wax

животный воск

baseplate wax

зуботехнический базисный воск

bone wax dispenser

приспособление для накладывания воска на поверхность кости

box wax

хирургический воск

candelilla wax

канделильский воск

carnauba wax

карнаубский воск

ceresine wax

аморфный парафин

contouring of pattern in wax

снятие воскового оттиска

crude wax

сырой парафин

ear wax

ушная сера

earth wax

горный воск

earth wax

озокерит

emollient wax

смягчающий воск

Word forms

wax

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	wax	waxes
Possessive case	wax', wax's	waxes'

wax

verb

Basic forms
Past	waxed
Imperative	wax
Present Participle (Participle I)	waxing
Past Participle (Participle II)	waxed

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I wax	we wax
you wax	you wax
he/she/it waxes	they wax

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am waxing	we are waxing
you are waxing	you are waxing
he/she/it is waxing	they are waxing

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have waxed	we have waxed
you have waxed	you have waxed
he/she/it has waxed	they have waxed

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been waxing	we have been waxing
you have been waxing	you have been waxing
he/she/it has been waxing	they have been waxing

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I waxed	we waxed
you waxed	you waxed
he/she/it waxed	they waxed

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was waxing	we were waxing
you were waxing	you were waxing
he/she/it was waxing	they were waxing

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had waxed	we had waxed
you had waxed	you had waxed
he/she/it had waxed	they had waxed

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been waxing	we had been waxing
you had been waxing	you had been waxing
he/she/it had been waxing	they had been waxing

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will wax	we shall/will wax
you will wax	you will wax
he/she/it will wax	they will wax

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be waxing	we shall/will be waxing
you will be waxing	you will be waxing
he/she/it will be waxing	they will be waxing

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have waxed	we shall/will have waxed
you will have waxed	you will have waxed
he/she/it will have waxed	they will have waxed

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been waxing	we shall/will have been waxing
you will have been waxing	you will have been waxing
he/she/it will have been waxing	they will have been waxing

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would wax	we should/would wax
you would wax	you would wax
he/she/it would wax	they would wax

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be waxing	we should/would be waxing
you would be waxing	you would be waxing
he/she/it would be waxing	they would be waxing

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have waxed	we should/would have waxed
you would have waxed	you would have waxed
he/she/it would have waxed	they would have waxed

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been waxing	we should/would have been waxing
you would have been waxing	you would have been waxing
he/she/it would have been waxing	they would have been waxing

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am waxed	we are waxed
you are waxed	you are waxed
he/she/it is waxed	they are waxed

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being waxed	we are being waxed
you are being waxed	you are being waxed
he/she/it is being waxed	they are being waxed

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been waxed	we have been waxed
you have been waxed	you have been waxed
he/she/it has been waxed	they have been waxed

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was waxed	we were waxed
you were waxed	you were waxed
he/she/it was waxed	they were waxed

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being waxed	we were being waxed
you were being waxed	you were being waxed
he/she/it was being waxed	they were being waxed

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been waxed	we had been waxed
you had been waxed	you had been waxed
he/she/it had been waxed	they had been waxed

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be waxed	we shall/will be waxed
you will be waxed	you will be waxed
he/she/it will be waxed	they will be waxed

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been waxed	we shall/will have been waxed
you will have been waxed	you will have been waxed
he/she/it will have been waxed	they will have been waxed

The Universal DictionaryIt is intended for a full-text search and it significantly expands the possibilities of working with lexical items from the Russian glossary of LingvoUniversal. Contains usage examples, synonyms, and antonyms.

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