plastic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈplæstɪk/|[ˈpʰlastɪk]    美 /ˈplæstɪk/|[ˈpʰlæstɪk]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting. countable,uncountable
    — Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field. Dr Mincer and Dr Amaral-Zettler found evidence of them on their marine plastic, too.
  2. Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services. colloquial,countable,metonymically,uncountable
    — I knew the war between cash and credit cards was over and plastic had won, hands down, when even Mickey D's started taking credit and debit cards.
  3. Insincerity; fakeness; a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population; a narcissistic, affected person. countable,figuratively,slang,uncountable
    — Cady: You know I couldn't invite you. I had to pretend to be plastic. Janis: Hey, buddy, you're not pretending anymore. You're plastic. Cold, shiny, hard plastic.
  4. An instance of plastic surgery. countable,slang
    — Somebody's had a plastic done on his nose, I think, or else somebody bent it out of shape since I last saw it.
  5. A sculptor, moulder. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  6. Any solid but malleable substance. archaic,countable,uncountable
  7. Synonym of Plastic Paddy. countable,slang,uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.
    — the rage […] betook itself at last to certain missile weapons; which, though from their plastic nature they threatened neither the loss of life or of limb, were, however, sufficiently dreadful to a well-dressed lady.
  2. Producing tissue. archaic
  3. Creative, formative. dated
    — Benign Creator! let thy plastic hand dispose its own effect
  4. Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.
  5. Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.
  6. Made of plastic.
    — A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.
  7. Inferior or not the real thing. derogatory,figuratively
    — The Hippie has been replaced by the pseudo-Hippie, the plastic Hippie, the weekend Hippie
  8. Fake, insincere, especially in a shallow and conformist way pretending to smoothness and glossy flawlessness. figuratively,informal
    — He kissed the white woman once, and it was so artificial, so plastic (that's the word, plastic) that one wondered why did they bother at all.
  9. Escaped from captivity, rather than wild. informal
    — A superb — and apparently wild, not plastic — Baikal Teal was located at RSPB Greylake in Somerset[.]
  10. Introduced, rather than native or naturally vagrant. informal
    — I was checking into my motel while a Red-whiskered Bulbul called outside – a Queensland plastic rarity which was somewhat amusing.

词形变化

plastics plural plastick alternative,archaic more plastic comparative most plastic superlative plastick alternative,archaic

词汇关系

衍生词
bioplastic black plastic crap microplastic nanoplastic plasticard pyroplastic aminoplastic amyloplastic antiplastic apicoplastic autoplastic basiplastic Bingham plastic cacoplastic ceroplastic conplastic cranioplastic ecoplastic electroplastic embryoplastic euplastic euryplastic fibre-reinforced plastic fluoroplastic haematoplastic heteroplastic homeoplastic hydroplastic ideoplastic macroplastic megaplastic mesoplastic metalloplastic neoplastic neuroplastic nonplastic normoplastic oculoplastic oligoplastic oncoplastic organoplastic plamodel plasteel plastically plastic art plasticate plasticator plastic bag plastic baton round plastic beauty plastic bullet plastic cheese plastic crack plastic cup plastic deformation plastic explosive plastic fantastic plastic flow plastic footprint plastician Plasticine plasticise plasticism plasticity plasticization plasticize plasticizer plasticky plasticless plastic money plasticness plasticosis plastic Paddy plastic panties plastic pants plastic patriotism plastic pig plastic plod plastic ratio plasticrete plastic rush plastic shaman plastic surgeon plastic surgery plasticuffs plasticulture plasticware plastic wood plastify plastiglass plastiglomerate plastiskin plastisol plastisphere plastivore plastivorous plastizyme plastoid plazzy pleather polyplastic pseudoplastic semiplastic Silastic sticky-backed plastic sticky-back plastic subplastic superplastic synaptoplastic thermoplastic thromboplastic unplastic viscoplastic xyloplastic zymoplastic

词源

词源 1
From Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσω (plássō, “to mold, form”). Doublet of plastique.
词源 2
From Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσω (plássō, “to mold, form”). Doublet of plastique.
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