4.in plasterBritish EnglishBrEMH if you have a leg or arm in plaster, you have a plaster cast around it because a bone is broken and needs to be kept in place while it mends 打了石膏的
1COVERto put a wet usually sticky substance all over a surface so that it is thickly covered 在…上厚厚地涂抹;覆盖
be plastered with something
Her face was plastered with make-up.
她脸上浓妆艳抹。
2TCNto completely cover a surface with something, especially large pieces of paper, pictures etc 〔尤指以大张的纸、图片等〕覆盖
be plastered with something
The windows were plastered with notices.
窗户上贴满了告示。
The news of the wedding was plastered all over the papers (=was the main story in the newspapers).
有关这场婚礼的新闻占满了各家报纸的版面。
3TBCto put wet plaster on a wall or ceiling 在〔墙或天花板〕上抹灰泥
nWe're plastering the bathroom.
4FLATto make your hairlieflat or stick to your head 把〔头发〕梳平;使〔头发〕贴在〔头上〕
be plastered to something
His hair was plastered to his forehead with sweat.
他汗湿的头发紧贴在前额上。
be plastered down/back
Her hair had been plastered down by the rain.
她的头发被雨水打湿,紧贴在脑袋上。
5plaster something ↔ overphrasal verbphr vTBCto cover a hole or an old surface by spreadingplaster over it 〔抹灰泥〕覆盖〔洞孔或旧的表面〕
The original brickwork has been plastered over.
原来的砖面被灰泥盖住了。
Examples from the Corpus
plaster over• In every major company, the strip is plastered all over.• Well, seeing my mugshotplastered all over February's scannerreview didn't help!• When mixed with warm water the powder became a densepaste which Frankie plastered all over her hair.• Punish Heidi's picture had been plastered all over the front page of a paper in Sri Lanka.• They seized on every detail of the evidence and plastered them over their front pages.• Stop plastering Vic all over your music paper and make way for some realtalent.
nGrammar
Plaster is usually passive in meanings 1,2 and 4.
Examples from the Corpus
plaster• The next time we come across that creep, he's plastered.• The news of the wedding was plastered all over the morning papers.• They report he appears to be drinking heavily, and occasionally shows up plastered at the office.• There is a broadsheetplastered crookedly to a wall near their bungalow.• He clasped the royal hand and plastered it with three lingeringkisses.• All the surfaces were paleochremud and dung which the women plastered over stone each year.• A lorryrolled past us along the road, its crumbling body bright with painted pictures plastered over with dust.• Small Jerichos plasterpatches of basalt in the new flows of warm water.• A team of builders from the coast are still plastering the vaults of the vestibule which even with scaffolding are out of reach.
be plastered with something• The wall was plastered with old movieposters.
Originplaster1
(900-1000)Latinemplastrum, from Greek, from emplassein“to plaster on”, from plassein; → PLASTIC2
1smooth covering for a wall牆壁覆蓋物ADJECTIVE | ... OF PLASTER | VERB + PLASTER | PLASTER + VERB | PLASTER + NOUNADJECTIVE➤fresh新塗的灰泥▸➤cracked, crumbling, peeling剝落的灰泥片... OF PLASTER➤chunk一大塊灰泥◇Each blow of the hammer removed a great chunk of plaster.錘子每次敲打都震落一大塊灰泥。VERB + PLASTER➤apply塗灰泥◇Apply the plaster evenly.均勻地塗灰泥。PLASTER + VERB➤come off (sth), fall off (sth), peel off (sth)灰泥(從⋯上)脫落◇Plaster was peeling off the ceiling.天花板上的灰泥正在脫落。PLASTER + NOUN➤cast石膏模型◇A plaster cast of Madame Fournier stood in the artist's studio.那位藝術家的工作室裏立着一尊富尼埃夫人的石膏像。➤wall石膏牆plaster
noun²
2 (BrE) for covering a cut遮蓋傷口➡ see also Band-Aid™ADJECTIVE | VERB + PLASTERADJECTIVE➤sticking橡皮膏VERB + PLASTER➤put on貼上膏藥▸➤peel off, take off揭掉橡皮膏plaster
noun³
3 (BrE) for protecting broken bones保護斷骨PLASTER + NOUN | PREPOSITIONPLASTER + NOUN➤cast石膏繃帶◇Her broken leg was put in a plaster cast.她骨折的腿上打着石膏。PREPOSITION➤in plaster打着石膏◇Your arm will have to be in plaster for at least six weeks.你的胳膊必須打至少 6 個星期的石膏。