Plaster
['plɑːstə] or ['plæstɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) adhesive tape used in dressing wounds.
(noun.) a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling); 'there were cracks in the plaster'.
(noun.) a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings.
(verb.) coat with plaster; 'daub the wall'.
(verb.) apply a heavy coat to.
(verb.) apply a plaster cast to; 'plaster the broken arm'.
(verb.) affix conspicuously; 'She plastered warnings all over the wall'.
(verb.) cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on; 'The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters'; 'She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco'.
弗雷迪手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster.
(n.) A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar.
(n.) Calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer.
(v. t.) To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore.
(v. t.) To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house.
(v. t.) Fig.: To smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects of; to hide, as with a covering of plaster.
布赖恩特編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Mortar, stucco, cement.[2]. Emplastrum.
v. a. Parget, cover with plaster.
編輯:默里
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Palliate, patch, ramp, tinker, cobble, bolster
ANT:Expose, repair, restore, renovate, redintegrate
錄入:谢里夫
解釋/意思:
n. something that can be moulded into figures: a composition of lime water and sand for overlaying walls &c.: (med.) a medicinal agent consisting of an adhesive substance spread upon cloth or leather so as to stick to the part of the body to which it is applied.—adj. made of plaster.—v.t. to cover with plaster: to cover with a plaster as a wound: to besmear: (fig.) to smooth over.—ns. Plas′terer one who plasters or one who works in plaster; Plas′tering the art of covering the internal faces of walls the partitions and ceiling of a building with plaster: a covering of plaster: the plasterwork of a building; Plas′ter-stone gypsum.—adj. Plas′tery like plaster containing plaster.—Plaster cast a copy of an object got by pouring a mixture of plaster of Paris and water into a mould formed from the object; Plaster of Paris a kind of gypsum originally found near Paris used in building and in making casts of figures; Porous plaster a plaster for application to the body full of small holes which prevent it from wrinkling.
編輯:波西亚
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of seeing walls plainly plastered, denotes that success will come, but it will not be stable. To have plaster fall upon you, denotes unmitigated disasters and disclosure. To see plasterers at work, denotes that you will have a sufficient competency to live above penury.
錄入:西德尼
例句/造句/用法:
- Why any burglar should take such a thing passes my understanding, for it was only a plaster cast and of no real value whatever. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The plaster of the broken houses was gray and wet. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- The artist then has a limited portion of the wall covered over with a fine sort of plaster, and upon this he traces from his cartoon the part of the design suited for the space. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- After this the remaining pap of plaster of Paris is added until the frame is full to overflowing. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- The rats will devour the mixture and then drink, whereupon the plaster, brought into contact with the water, will become solid and like a stone in their stomachs, which will cause their deaths. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- For this purpose, casts were made of plaster of Paris, which were covered with black lead, to give them the property of conducting electricity, and the metal was then deposited upon them. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- We know that the Romans and other ancient peoples had their hydraulic cements, and the plaster on some of their walls stands to-day to attest its good quality. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- They are very thick, and are often plastered and whitewashed and capped with projecting slabs of cut stone. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The required beliefs cannot be hammered in; the needed attitudes cannot be plastered on. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- She saw that his boots were all clayey, even his trousers were plastered with clay. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- There was a low plastered ceiling to a part of it; the rest was open, to the ridge of the tiled roof, and there were beams across. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- The roof of the room was not plastered, but was formed of the flooring of the room above. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- He was for ever making eyes at me--a coarse, puffy-faced, red-moustached young man, with his hair plastered down on each side of his forehead. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Here the boys emerged from under the table, and, with hands and faces well plastered with molasses, began a vigorous kissing of the baby. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Would you have the kindness to make a few plasters and put 'em on? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- He attempted to obviate this by plastering himself from head to foot with mud, but this dried and fell off. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- One of the wig-making villains lathered my face for ten terrible minutes and finished by plastering a mass of suds into my mouth. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The plastering was about one-third gone from the ceiling. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
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