| 单词 | plaster |
| 释义 | plaster n. & v. --n 1. a soft pliable mixture esp. of lime putty with sand or Portland cement etc. for spreading on walls, ceilings, etc., to form a smooth hard surface when dried. 2. Brit. = sticking-plaster (see STICK(2)). 3. hist. a curative or protective substance spread on a bandage etc. and applied to the body (mustard plaster). --vtr. 1. cover (a wall etc.) with plaster or a similar substance. 2. (often foll. by with) coat thickly or to excess; bedaub (plastered the bread with jam; the wall was plastered with slogans). 3. stick or apply (a thing) thickly like plaster (plastered glue all over it). 4. (often foll. by down) make (esp. hair) smooth with water, cream, etc.; fix flat. 5. (as plastered adj.) sl. drunk. 6. apply a medical plaster or plaster cast to. 7. sl. bomb or shell heavily. Phrases and idioms plaster cast 1. a bandage stiffened with plaster of Paris and applied to a broken limb etc. 2. a statue or mould made of plaster. plaster of Paris fine white plaster made of gypsum and used for making plaster casts etc. plaster saint iron. a person regarded as being without moral faults or human frailty. Derivatives plasterer n. plastery adj. Etymology: ME f. OE & OF plastre or F plastrer f. med.L plastrum f. L emplastrum f. Gk emplastron |
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