plaster

名词 plaster:

1. a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
2. 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
   同义词：plaster of Paris
3. 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.
   同义词：poultice, cataplasm
4. a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
   同义词：plasterwork
5. adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
   同义词：adhesive plaster, sticking plaster

动词 plaster:

1. cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on
   同义词：beplaster
2. affix conspicuously
3. apply a plaster cast to
4. apply a heavy coat to
   同义词：plaster over, stick on
5. coat with plaster
   同义词：daub
6. dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
   同义词：poultice

1. We chipped the old plaster (away) (ie removed it in small pieces) from the wall.
   我们把旧墙皮从墙上铲掉。
2. His broken leg was encased in plaster.
   他折的腿打上了石膏。
3. The plaster had started to come away from the wall.
   灰泥已经开始从墙上脱落。
4. The man looks like a cartoon character with a plaster on his temple.
   那人太阳穴上贴了一块膏药，看上去像个卡通人物。
5. The doctor had to hold his broken arm with a plaster cast.
   医生不得不用石膏绷带来固定他断了的胳膊。

plas.ter

n.（名词）
A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with fiber added, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings.
灰泥：石灰或石膏、沙子和水的混合物，有时还加入纤维，变硬后成为光滑的固体，用来涂墙壁和天花板
Plaster of Paris.
熟石膏
A pastelike mixture applied to a part of the body for healing or cosmetic purposes.Also called sticking plaster
硬膏：涂敷在身体某一部分用于愈合或整容的糊状混合物也作 sticking plaster
Chiefly British An adhesive bandage.
【多用于英国】 粘性绷带
n.attributive.（定语名词）
Often used to modify another noun:
常用来修饰另一个名词：
例句：
plaster bandages; plaster walls.
贴膏；灰泥墙

v.（动词）
plas.tered,plas.ter.ing,plas.ters
v.tr.（及物动词）
To cover, coat, or repair with plaster.
涂灰泥：用灰泥覆盖，涂上或修补
To cover or hide with or as if with a coat of plaster:
掩盖：用或好象用一层灰泥覆盖或隐藏：
例句：
plastered over our differences.
掩盖我们之间的差异

To apply a plaster to:
贴膏药于…：
例句：
plaster an aching muscle.
在疼痛的肌肉上贴上膏药

To cover conspicuously, as with things pasted on; overspread:
张贴：醒目地覆盖，如将某物粘贴在…上；贴满：
例句：
plaster the walls with advertising.
将广告贴满墙壁

To affix conspicuously, usually with a paste:
醒目地张贴：醒目地贴上，通常用浆糊贴：
例句：
plaster notices on all the doors.
在所有的门上都张贴上告示

To make smooth by applying a sticky substance:
抹平：通过涂上粘性物质而使平滑：
例句：
plaster one`s hair with pomade.
用发油将头发抹平

To make adhere to another surface:
附贴：使紧贴在另一个表面：
例句：
.His hair was plastered to his forehead.(William Golding)
.他的头发紧贴在前额上.(威廉·戈尔丁)

Informal
【非正式用语】
To inflict heavy damage or injury on.
使遭殃：在…上遭受沉重的破坏或创伤
To defeat decisively.
彻底击败：决定性地击败
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To apply plaster.
涂抹灰泥

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English [medical dressing]
源自 古英语 [医用敷料]
and from Old French plastre [cementing material]
并源自 古法语 plastre [粘接材料]
both from Latin emplastrum [medical dressing]
都源自 拉丁语 emplastrum [医用敷料]
from Greek emplastron
源自 希腊语 emplastron
from emplassein [to plaster on]
源自 emplassein [涂上]
en- [in, on] * see en- 2
en- [在…中，在…上] *参见 en-2
plassein [to mold] * see pel…- 2
plassein [使成型] *参见 pel…- 2

【引伸】
plas.terer
n.（名词）
plas.tery
adj.（形容词）