n.

1. 【建】灰泥，灰浆[U]
   The walls were in a dreadful condition -- their yellow plaster was peeling off.

   墙已经破烂不堪，上面的灰泥都在剥落。

2. 熟石膏，烧石膏[U]
3. 膏药；橡皮膏[C][U]
   I dabbed the cut and applied a plaster.

   我在切开的伤口上涂了一点药并贴上一块橡皮膏。

vt.

1. 在……上涂灰泥；厚厚地涂抹[（+over/with）]
   My shoes were plastered with mud.

   我鞋上沾满烂泥。

2. 在……上敷贴膏药
   The nurse washed and plastered the wound.

   护士清洗了伤口并在上面贴了膏药。

3. 安慰；减轻
4. 粘贴；贴满[（+on/with）]
   He plastered his room with pictures of actors and actresses.

   他在他房间里贴满了男女演员的照片。

   The Manager always writes everyone's duty on pieces of paper and has them plastered to the blackboard.

   经理总是将每人的工作写在纸条上，并且粘贴在黑板上。

5. 使紧贴；使平服[O]
   He plastered his hair down.

   他把头发梳平。

6. 用熟石膏处理
7. 掩饰；使过分承受[（+with）]
   They tried to plaster over the differences.

   他们试图掩盖分歧。

8. 【俚】（彻底）击败；重创
   Our football team really got plastered last week.

   我们的足球队上星期遭到惨败。

n.

1. a soft mixture of lime with sand or cement and water for spreading on walls and ceilings to form a smooth hard surface when dried.
2. (also plaster of Paris) a hard white substance made by the addition of water to powdered gypsum, used for holding broken bones in place and making sculptures and casts.
3. (also sticking plaster) Brit. an adhesive strip of material for covering cuts and wounds.
   ▸dated a bandage on which a poultice is spread for application.

v.

1. cover with plaster; apply plaster to.
2. coat or cover all over with something, especially to an excessive extent:
   a face plastered in heavy make-up.
   ▸display widely and conspicuously:

   her story was plastered all over the papers.
3. apply a plaster cast to.
4. informal, dated bomb or shell (a target) heavily.