plaster

1. N-UNCOUNT Plaster is a smooth paste made of sand, lime, and water that gets hard when it dries. Plaster is used to cover walls and ceilings and is also used to make sculptures. 灰泥

There were huge cracks in the plaster, and the green shutters were faded. 灰泥上有巨大的裂縫，綠色的百葉窗也褪色了。

2. V-T If you plaster a wall or ceiling, you cover it with a layer of plaster. 往…上抹灰泥

The ceiling he had just plastered fell in and knocked him off his ladder. 他剛抹過灰泥的那塊天花板脫落了，把他從梯子上砸了下來。

3. V-T If you plaster a surface or a place with posters or pictures, you stick a lot of them all over it. 到処張貼 (海報、圖畫等)

He has plastered the city with posters proclaiming his qualifications and experience. 他已在城中各処張貼了聲明自己資質(zhì)和閲歷的海報。

4. V-T If you plaster yourself in some kind of sticky substance, you cover yourself in it. (給自己) 塗抹

She gets sunburned even when she plasters herself from head to toe in factor 7 sun lotion. 即使她從頭到腳塗抹上防曬系數(shù)是7的防曬霜，她也會被曬傷。

5. N-COUNT A plaster is a strip of sticky material used for covering small cuts or sores on your body. 膏葯[英國英語]

6. →see also plastered