单词 | sealing wax |
释义 | sealing wax (once / 30541 pages) n WORD FAMILY sealing wax: sealing waxes USAGE EXAMPLESShe rummaged around in a drawer, brought out some sealing wax, and began to warm it over the lamp on her desk. Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind(2007) It was a brass box, its vacuum maintained by the usual liberal applications of sealing wax. Michael Hiltzik, Big Science(2015) She wrote the letters in a fury, burning herself with sealing wax, her hand was shaking so. Katherine Paterson, Lyddie(1991) n fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters Syn|Hyper seal fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place |
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