"wax poetic" meaning in All languages combined

See wax poetic on Wiktionary

Verb [英语]

IPA: /ˈwæks.poˈwɛɾɪk/ Forms: waxes poetic, waxing poetic, waxed poetic
Etymology: 源自wax (“变得”) + poetic。
  1. 啰嗦起来
    Sense id: zh-wax_poetic-en-verb-76epEIlw
  2. 滔滔不绝
    Sense id: zh-wax_poetic-en-verb-CFBalqcF Categories (other): 英語貶義用語
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wax eloquent

Inflected forms

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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語動詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "源自wax (“变得”) + poetic。",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "waxes poetic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "第三人稱單數簡單現在時"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waxing poetic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "現在分詞"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waxed poetic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "一般過去時及過去分詞"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "英语",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "动词",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "wax eloquent"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "啰嗦起来"
      ],
      "id": "zh-wax_poetic-en-verb-76epEIlw"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "英語貶義用語",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "滔滔不绝"
      ],
      "id": "zh-wax_poetic-en-verb-CFBalqcF",
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        "常貶義"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwæks.poˈwɛɾɪk/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "美國"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wax poetic"
}
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    "英語詞元"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "源自wax (“变得”) + poetic。",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "waxes poetic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "第三人稱單數簡單現在時"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waxing poetic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "現在分詞"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waxed poetic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "一般過去時及過去分詞"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "动词",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "wax eloquent"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "啰嗦起来"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "英語貶義用語"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "滔滔不绝"
      ],
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        "常貶義"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwæks.poˈwɛɾɪk/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "美國"
      ]
    }
  ],
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