1CCCOLOUR/COLORpale and shiny like wax 〔像蜡般〕苍白的;光亮的
his waxen face
他蜡一般的苍白面孔
2TImade from wax 蜡制的
waxen images
蜡像
Examples from the Corpus
waxen• When he laid his hand against the old man's waxencheek it was already cold.• a waxencomplexion• He took out the waxen figure which also containedstraw and fat from a hanged man.• The water bounces off the waxen leaves.• He had stooped to kiss her cold cheek and smelt in the hollow of her neck the waxenodour of death.• Sandoz looked waxen, the skin beneath his eyes purplish.