Waxwork

(noun.) an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax.

手打:莫尔

• Once, I had been taken to see some ghastly waxwork at the Fair, representing I know not what impossible personage lying in state. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• It is a better plan than that he once proposed, of getting Mrs. Wright to make him a waxwork wife to sit at the head of his table. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Now, waxwork and skeleton seemed to have dark eyes that moved and looked at me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• This was a full-blown, very plump damsel, fair as waxwork, with handsome and regular features, languishing blue eyes, and ringleted yellow hair. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• A many, many, beautiful corpses she laid out, as nice and neat as waxwork. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.

整理:马库斯