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Plastic Pay Made ˈplæstɪk Material Credit Formed Shapes

This flashcard defines "plastic" in four ways derived from Collins Dictionary: 1. As a mass noun referring to the material produced from oil, used for making objects. 2. As a graded adjective meaning unnatural or not real, used disapprovingly. 3. As an uncountable noun used informally to refer to credit cards. 4. As an adjective meaning soft and easily shaped (malleable). It also includes examples and related terms like "plasticity".

This flashcard defines "plastic" in four ways derived from Collins Dictionary: 1. As a mass noun referring to the material produced from oil, used for making objects. 2. As a graded adjective meaning unnatural or not real, used disapprovingly. 3. As an uncountable noun used informally to refer to credit cards. 4. As an adjective meaning soft and easily shaped (malleable). It also includes examples and related terms like "plasticity".

word plastic
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/plæ̱stɪk/
1
[N-MASS 物质名词]塑料 Plastic is a material which is produced from oil by a chemical process and which is used to make many objects. It is light in weight and does not break easily.
  [oft N n]
  • ...a wooden crate, sheltered from wetness by sheets of plastic...

    用塑料薄膜防潮的木板箱

  • A lot of the plastics that carmakers are using cannot be recycled.

    汽车制造商使用的许多塑料制品是无法回收利用的。

  • ...a black plastic bag.

    黑色塑料袋

2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不自然的;不真实的 If you describe something as plastic, you mean that you think it looks or tastes unnatural or not real.
  [disapproval]
  • ...plastic airline food...

    航班上味同嚼蜡的食品

  • When girls put on too much eye-shadow, they look plastic.

    女孩子如果把眼影涂得过重,看起来就不自然了。

3
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](塑料制)信用卡 If you use plastic or plastic money to pay for something, you pay for it with a credit card instead of using cash.
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • Using plastic to pay for an order is simplicity itself.

    用信用卡支付订单是很简单的事。

  • ...shopping with their plastic money.

    用他们的信用卡购物

4
[ADJ 形容词]可塑的;塑性的 Something that is plastic is soft and can easily be made into different shapes.
  • The mud is smooth, gray, soft, and plastic as butter.

    这种泥浆呈灰色,它光滑、柔软,像黄油一样易塑。

plasticity
  • ...the plasticity of the flesh.

    肉体的可塑性


Oxford plas·tic / ˈplæstɪk ; NAmE ˈplæstɪk /
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plastic plastics
noun _cupsandglasses_diningroom_comp.jpg _plastic.jpg 1 [uncountable ,  countable ,  usually plural ] a light strong material that is produced by chemical processes and can be formed into shapes when heated. There are many different types of plastic,used to make different objects and fabrics. 塑料; 塑胶 The pipes should be made of plastic. 这些管子应该是用塑料制作的。 a sheet of clear plastic 一张透明的塑料 the plastic industry 塑料工业 2 plastics [uncountable ] the science of making plastics 塑料学; 塑胶学 3 [uncountable ] ( informal) a way of talking about credit cards 信用卡 Do they take plastic? 他们收信用卡吗? adjective 1 made of plastic 塑料制的;塑料的; 塑胶的 a plastic bag/cup/toy 塑料袋╱杯╱玩具 2 (of a material or substance 材料或物质 ) easily formed into different shapes 可塑的;有塑性的 SYN
malleable
Clay is a plastic substance. 黏土是可塑物质。
3 ( disapproving) that seems artificial; false; not real or sincere 做作的;虚伪的;矫饰的 SYN
false
TV game show hosts with their banal remarks and plastic smiles 语言陈腐、笑容刻板的电视竞赛节目主持人
plas·tic / ˈplæstɪk ; NAmE ˈplæstɪk /
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plastic1 adjective
plastic2 noun
plasticplas‧tic1 /ˈplæstɪk/ ●●● S2 W2 adjective
Word Origin
Examples
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Collocations
1made of plastic:  a plastic spoon plastic bags2technical a plastic substance can be formed into many different shapes and keeps the shape it is formed into until someone changes it3something that is plastic looks or tastes artificial or not natural:  plastic food I hate that plastic smile of hers.
plastic1 adjective
plastic2 noun
plasticplastic2 ●●● S3 W2 noun
Examples
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Collocations
1[countable, uncountable] a light strong material that is produced by a chemical process, and which can be made into different shapes when it is soft:  children’s toys made of plastic the plastics industry2[uncountable] informal small plastic cards that are used to pay for things instead of money SYN  credit cards:  ‘I haven’t got any cash.’ ‘Don’t worry, I’ll stick it on the plastic (=pay for it using a credit card).’ Do they take plastic? (=can you pay using a credit card?)
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plastic

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plastics[1083]
塑料(88%),塑料的(4%),塑料制品(2%),信用卡(2%),可塑的(2%),造型的(1%),整形的(1%)
n.塑料制品;整形;可塑体
adj.塑料的;(外科)造型的;可塑的

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