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(countable) A figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person. / (uncountable) The art of producing such figures.

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waxwork

Source Word

waxwork

countable uncountable

Japanese Meaning

蝋人形（有名人などの肖像を表現した蝋で作られた立体像） / 蝋人形を制作する技術や芸術

The museum's newest waxwork of the astronaut looked so lifelike that visitors reached out to touch it.

博物館にある最新の宇宙飛行士の蝋人形は非常にリアルで、来館者が触ろうと手を伸ばした。

Sense（1）

(countable) A figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person.

Sense（2）

(uncountable) The art of producing such figures.

Waxwork is a fine art, but it differs from all other fine arts in that its main purpose is one that is expressly rejected by all those other arts.

waxworks

（ plural ）