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 plaster ['plæstә]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 石膏, 灰泥, 安慰(缓解)用品, 膏药

vt. 涂以灰泥, 敷以膏药, 掩饰, 使平服, 彻底击败, 减轻, 粘贴

[化] 硬膏剂

[医] 硬膏[剂], 石膏, 灰泥




    plaster
    [ noun ]
    1. a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings

    2. <noun.substance>
    3. any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs

    4. <noun.substance>
    5. a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.

    6. <noun.artifact>
    7. a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)

    8. <noun.artifact>
      there were cracks in the plaster
    9. adhesive tape used in dressing wounds

    10. <noun.artifact>
    [ verb ]
    1. apply a heavy coat to

    2. <verb.contact> plaster over stick on
    3. cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on

    4. <verb.contact>
      beplaster
      The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters
      She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco
    5. affix conspicuously

    6. <verb.contact>
      She plastered warnings all over the wall
    7. apply a plaster cast to

    8. <verb.contact>
      plaster the broken arm
    9. coat with plaster

    10. <verb.contact>
      daub
      daub the wall
    11. dress by covering with a therapeutic substance

    12. <verb.body>
      poultice


    Plaster \Plas"ter\, n. [AS., a plaster (in sense 1), fr. L.
    emplastrum, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? to daub on, stuff in; ? in + ? to
    mold: cf. OF. plastre a plaster (in sense 2), F. pl[^a]tre.
    Cf. {Plastic}, {Emplaster}, {Piaster}.] [Formerly written
    also {plaister}.]
    1. (Med.) 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.

    2. A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without
    hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and
    partitions of houses. See {Mortar}.

    3. Calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when
    ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings,
    etc.; or calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer.

    {Plaster cast}, a copy of an object obtained by pouring
    plaster of Paris mixed with water into a mold.

    {Plaster of Paris}. [So called because originally brought
    from a suburb of Paris.] (Chem.) Anhydrous calcium
    sulphate, or calcined gypsum, which forms with water a
    paste which soon sets or hardens, and is used for casts,
    moldings, etc. The term is loosely applied to any plaster
    stone or species of gypsum.

    {Plaster of Paris bandage} (Surg.), a bandage saturated with
    a paste of plaster of Paris, which on drying forms a
    perfectly fitting splint.

    {Plaster stone}, any species of gypsum. See {Gypsum}.


    Plaster \Plas"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plastered}; p. pr. &
    vb. n. {Plastering}.] [Cf. OF. plastrer to plaster (in sense
    2), F. pl[^a]trer.]
    1. To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore.

    2. To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and
    walls of a house.

    3. Fig.: To smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects of;
    to hide, as with a covering of plaster. --Bale.

    1. Of course the grand arcade of Le Corbusier's Chandigarh courts comes to mind - but here is marble, plaster and golden stone, not sad and stained concrete.
    2. On the 12-point Soviet scale, a 5-point earthquake is considered capable of shaking buildings, furniture and cracking windows and plaster.
    3. But those involved in restoration projects face dilemmas: Craftsmen who can do many types of fine restoration work, from gold leaf to ornamental plaster, are hard to find, and many materials used in the buildings are no longer available.
    4. From 1942 to 1944, the trophy was made of plaster, but winners were later presented with the real thing.
    5. He was using a wheelchair until he met Ms. Epstein who taught him to walk along parallel bars, his legs encased in plaster casts.
    6. A plaster ceiling caved in and dropped two tons of debris on customers at a croissant shop in the majestic Ansonia Hotel, killing a woman and injuring 12 other people.
    7. The fossils, packed in plaster and caked with rock and hardened mud, then had to be unloaded, weighed and set up for display.
    8. List, now 63, remained at large until last June, when the crime was featured on the Fox television show "America's Most Wanted," along with a plaster bust of what List might look like nearly two decades later.
    9. Inside the car was a plaster elephant painted gold _ Barclay collects toy elephants _ and a 15-pound ham with a tag wishing the couple Merry Christmas from Jodi and Toby.
    10. Other hooks hold doll parts and feet, hands, a leg, an ear, a breast and even a brain made of plaster.
    11. The bricks were put together with sand and some kind of plaster mixture which has no structure capacity.
    12. A member on Michigan Democratic Rep. Bob Carr's staff helped plaster the nation's capital with posters urging the ouster of Washington Mayor Marion Barry, a spokesman for the congressman said today.
    13. I woke to find huge slabs of plaster on the bed and floor." From the wrecked, smoke-clouded barracks, "I could hear terrified screams of agony.
    14. The shoes are more like trainers than plaster casts. Each step you take glides you several metres forward; it is like wearing seven league sneakers.
    15. As the artist spoke in his loft, workmen carried in large plaster figures encased in wooden boxes, two works which failed to sell at the Hapsburg, Feldman auction.
    16. The bugs posed no danger to other artwork because they eat other insects, not canvas or plaster, she said.
    17. Other downtown buildings also had cracked and falling plaster.
    18. She snaps photos of the buckled floors and the plaster that has fallen away from the walls.
    19. Gilbert's original plaster of Eros still exists, in the Victoria & Albert Museum, and Gilbert's original dealers, the Fine Art Society, has the right to make ten casts from the plaster.
    20. Gilbert's original plaster of Eros still exists, in the Victoria & Albert Museum, and Gilbert's original dealers, the Fine Art Society, has the right to make ten casts from the plaster.
    21. There is a great distinction between what people do and what people did." George Segal, whose life-size sculptures turned him into a pop art icon in the 1960s, is molding his plaster into other shapes.
    22. The court rejected the priests' claims last year, and hundreds of Archaelogical Survey workers now are chiseling away the old plaster, exposing hidden statues and strengthening the temple.
    23. Model galleys float their way across a large indoor pool, while a huge plaster wave looms in the background.
    24. Control of relative humidity is the most important aim, because large swings allow water movement into and out of the plaster.
    25. A plaster bust of Thomas Jefferson considered the definitive image of the statesman sold at auction at Christie's for a surprisingly high $2.9 million.
    26. Getty officials don't know who crafted the phony Achilles head, but plaster casts were a popular teaching tool in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
    27. And one of the most impressive parts of the collection when it opened was the bevy of plaster casts of European statuary sent over by the French government for the exposition.
    28. Running down the stairs from their 10th floor room after the motion stopped, they saw chunks of plaster scattered about.
    29. Crumb intended to be a violinist, but had to give up when an accident put her arm in plaster for two years.
    30. Confronted with the problem of aging the characters in "Citizen Kane" as much as 50 years, he made a series of plaster casts of the actors and sculpted pieces of molded plastic foam in which their features gradually sagged and their hair thinned.
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