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plaster

/plas-ter, plah-ster/US // ˈplæs tər, ˈplɑ stər //UK // (ˈplɑːstə) //

石膏,膏药,灰泥,抹灰

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
    • : powdered gypsum.
    • : plaster of Paris.
    • : a solid or semisolid preparation spread upon cloth, plastic, or other material and applied to the body, especially for some healing purpose.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cover with plaster.
    • : to treat with gypsum or plaster of Paris.
    • : to lay flat like a layer of plaster.
    • : to daub or fill with plaster or something similar.
    • : to apply a plaster to.
    • : to overspread with something, especially thickly or excessively: a wall plastered with posters.
    • : Informal. to defeat decisively; trounce; drub. to knock down or injure, as by a blow or beating.to inflict serious damage or injury on by heavy bombing, shelling, or other means of attack.

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Examples

  • The remains were so fragile, our team had to cover them in plaster and remove them intact with the block of sediment in which they were buried.

  • Investigators excavated the entire pit in 2017 and covered it in plaster for transport to the National Museums of Kenya in Nairobi.

  • “There’s a massive opportunity, in terms of the impact on working mothers in particular — this could potentially be really good in the longer term, as we’ve now ripped the plaster off around flexible working,” she said.

  • By making plaster casts of those impressions, archaeologists could see details like facial expressions and even the folds and pleats of clothing.

  • Then they used plaster mixed with other materials to cast the other 130 stones.

  • While chipping away plaster from his kitchen wall, the Guatemalan man unearthed a series of centuries-old Mayan murals.

  • Death masks are made from a cast of layered plaster strips laid on the face soon after death.

  • Once dried, a liquid, such as plaster, wax, or bronze, is poured in for a perfect representation of the face.

  • We crossed a stream into a village of timbered white plaster houses, some with pretty wrought-iron balconies.

  • Her face was cast into a plaster mold, preserving her shy smile for posterity.

  • He laid it upon the floor, and took out a plaster mask, and brushing and blowing off the saw-dust, held it up.

  • “It is a perfect identification,” murmured Mr. Arden, with his eyes still riveted on the plaster faces.

  • Now Isaias had ordered that they should take a lump of figs, and lay it as a plaster upon the wound, and that he should be healed.

  • The plaster will show on the ground whether the sowing is being done evenly.

  • A pint of meal and a pint of plaster to each rod, is a good mixture to sow in.