英语词汇“plaster”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a paste-like mixture, e.g. of lime, water, and sand, that hardens on drying and is used esp for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions

an adhesive strip, often with a small pad in the middle, used for covering and protecting small cuts, blisters, etc

a rigid dressing made from plaster of Paris and used for immobilizing a broken bone, esp in a limb, to allow it to heal in the correct position

plastery adj

[Old English plaster and Old French plastre, both from Latin plastrum, from Greek emplassein to plaster on, from en-¹ + plassein to mould]

to coat (a wall, ceiling, etc) with plaster

to apply plaster to (a wall, ceiling, etc)

to cover over or conceal (something) with a coat of plaster

to coat or cover (something) thickly with a specified substance

She plastered her face with make-up

to cause (something) to lie flat or stick to another surface

He plastered his hair down

The heavy rain plastered his shirt to his body

informal

to put (a large number of things) on a specified surface

Sophie plastered posters all over her bedroom walls

to publish or display (something) conspicuously

The scandal was plastered across the front page of every tabloid newspaper

to apply a plaster cast to (a broken limb, etc)

informal, dated to inflict heavy damage, injury, or casualties on (a person or target), esp by a concentrated or unremitting attack

plasterer noun