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waxwork

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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wax·work /ˈwækswɜːk $ -wɜːrk/ noun [countable]  1. waxworks British EnglishDLT a place where you can see models of famous people made of wax 〔名人〕蜡像馆 SYN American English wax museum2. DLTa wax model of a person 蜡像
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waxworkVera could have spent all day nagging a waxwork of Jack and never realised..You knew my husband very well; he wrote a book about waxworks and you helped him with his research.It's more than a little eerie, perhaps because waxworks always look like death masks.He heard the soft hiss as the waxwork owner's sphincter muscle collapsed.The shutters were firmly closed at the ticket booth, the waxwork policemen staring with sightless eyes at passers-by.Two or three feet away, standing by the entrance to the waxworks, were the figures of Laurel and Hardy.He left something inside your waxworks.
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waxwork
waxwork /ˈwækswɜːk $ -wɜːrk/ noun [countable]
1. waxworks British English a place where you can see models of famous people made of wax
   SYN  wax museum American English
2. a wax model of a person


wax·workBrE /ˈwækswɜːk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwækswɜːrk/ 🔊 nouna model of a person that is made of wax 蜡像;蜡人wax·works (
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(especially BrE) (NAmE usually ˈwax museum) a museum where you can see wax models of famous people 蜡像馆