plaster

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1. [uncountableU]AVSTBC a substance used to cover walls and ceilings with a smooth even surface. It consists of lime, water, and sand. 〔塗抹牆壁和天花板用的〕灰泥

2. [uncountableU]MH plaster of Paris 熟石膏

[countableC, uncountableU] British EnglishBrEMH a piece of thin material that is stuck on to the skin to cover a small wound 膏藥；創可貼；護創膠布 SYN American English bandaid →4 See picture of 見圖 FIRST AID KIT →5 see picture at 見圖 first aid kit

4. in plaster British 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

Examples from the Corpus

plaster• Bronzes are created by building sand moulds of a plaster original, in itself a skilled and labour intensive job.• Three days after that, a plaster jacket was fitted from her shoulders to her hips.• There was a plaster model of the Eiffel Tower in there.• The midfield player broke an arm during the midweek draw with Arsenal and will be in plaster for six weeks.• It was mightily impressive bowling by any standards, and with his left hand in plaster it was quite remarkable.• The bone has failed to knit properly and his hand must remain in plaster.• Rather like Steve, who makes plaster casts of the vulva for drawer handles.• When hardened, smooth down with abrasive paper, then seal with plaster primer.

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plaster2 verb [transitiveT]

1 COVERto put a wet usually sticky substance all over a surface so that it is thickly covered 在…上厚厚地塗抹；覆蓋

be plastered with something

Her face was plastered with make-up.

她臉上濃妝豔抹。

2 TCNto completely cover a surface with something, especially large pieces of paper, pictures etc 〔尤指以大張的紙、圖片等〕覆蓋

be plastered with something

The windows were plastered with notices.

窗戶上貼滿了告示。

The news of the wedding was plastered all over the papers (=was the main story in the newspapers).

有關這場婚禮的新聞佔滿了各家報紙的版面。

3 TBCto put wet plaster on a wall or ceiling 在〔牆或天花板〕上抹灰泥

nWe're plastering the bathroom.

4 FLATto make your hair lie flat or stick to your head 把〔頭發〕梳平；使〔頭發〕貼在〔頭上〕

be plastered to something

His hair was plastered to his forehead with sweat.

他汗濕的頭發緊貼在前額上。

be plastered down/back

Her hair had been plastered down by the rain.

她的頭發被雨水打濕，緊貼在腦袋上。

5 plaster something ↔ over phrasal verbphr v TBCto cover a hole or an old surface by spreading plaster over it 〔抹灰泥〕覆蓋〔洞孔或舊的表面〕

The original brickwork has been plastered over.

原來的磚面被灰泥蓋住了。

Examples from the Corpus

plaster over• In every major company, the strip is plastered all over.• Well, seeing my mugshot plastered all over February's scanner review didn't help!• When mixed with warm water the powder became a dense paste 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 real talent.

n Grammar

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 broadsheet plastered crookedly to a wall near their bungalow.• He clasped the royal hand and plastered it with three lingering kisses.• All the surfaces were pale ochre mud and dung which the women plastered over stone each year.• A lorry rolled past us along the road, its crumbling body bright with painted pictures plastered over with dust.• Small Jerichos plaster patches 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 movie posters.

Origin plaster1

(900-1000) Latin emplastrum, from Greek, from emplassein “to plaster on”, from plassein; → PLASTIC2

plas·ter1 nounplaster2 verb →n GRAMMAR1

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