| 单词 | plastic |
| 释义 | plastic (once / 620 pages) 1nadj 2n Plastic is a synthetic material that can be molded when soft and formed into a solid shape. Many toys are made out of plastic, like Barbie dolls and Lego blocks. Plastic appears in many different forms, from beach balls to lawn chairs, grocery bags and much more. Credit cards, which are made of plastic, are called plastic, meaning payment that's not cash. You can also use plastic as an adjective to describe things that can be molded, like clay that's plastic in your hands, or to describe something that's artificial. For example, if a person is called plastic, he or she is probably fake or insincere. WORD FAMILYplastic: plastically, plasticise, plasticity, plasticize, plastics+/plasticise: plasticiser/plasticize: plasticized, plasticizer, plasticizing/plasticizer: plasticizers USAGE EXAMPLESThe 25-year-old victim fell through the corrugated plastic ceiling of a kitchen annexe in a basement flat on Charles Road on New Year's Day. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) “Happy New Year!” shouts an older man swigging from a plastic bottle of vodka on the subway platform. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The L.E.D. grow lights are in plastic tubing above each level of the grow tower. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives Hypo|Hyper ABS, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances Mylara thin polyester film thermoplastic, thermoplastic resina material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled thermosetting compositions, thermosetting resina material that hardens when heated and cannot be remolded Bakelitea thermosetting plastic used as electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc. Teflon, polytetrafluoroethylenea material used to coat cooking utensils and in industrial applications where sticking is to be avoided Vinyliteany of various vinyl resins resinoida plastic containing resins amino plastic, amino resin, aminoplasta plastic (synthetic resin) made from amino compounds; used as an adhesive and as a coating for paper and textiles cellulosica plastic made from cellulose (or a derivative of cellulose) coumarone resin, coumarone-indene resina thermoplastic resin obtained by polymerization of indene and coumarone; used in coatings and paint and asphalt tile fluorocarbon plastica plastic made with fluorocarbon phenolic plastic, phenolic ureaa plastic consisting of phenolic resins polyestera complex ester used for making fibers or resins or plastics or as a plasticizer polypropene, polypropylenea polymer of propylene used as a thermoplastic molding material polyvinyl-formaldehydea polymer of vinyl formaldehyde silicone resina polymeric silicone compound vinylshiny and tough and flexible plastic; used especially for floor coverings saranany of various thermoplastic resins used to make things celluloidhighly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics solid matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure 2adj capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material) plastic substances such as wax or clay Syn fictile, moldable elastic capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy 3adj forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning Syn formative, shaping constructive constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development 4adj capable of being influenced or formed 2the plastic minds of children Syn pliant impressible, impressionable, waxy easily impressed or influenced n a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered do you take plastic? Syn|Hypo|Hyper charge card, charge plate, credit card bank card a credit card issued by a bank calling card, phone carda card that is used instead of cash to make telephone calls cash card, cashcarda credit card that entitles the holder to receive cash positive identification evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance charge account credit, open-end credit, revolving credita consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time |
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