plaster cast
Word forms: plural plaster casts
1. countable noun
A plaster cast is a cover made of plaster of Paris which is used to protect a broken bone by keeping part of the body stiff.
A few years ago I broke my leg and had a plaster cast on up to my hip.
2. countable noun
A plaster cast is a copy of a statue or other object, made from plaster of Paris.
...a plaster cast of the Venus de Milo. [+ of]
plaster cast in British English
noun
1. surgery
a cast made of plaster of Paris
cast (sense 40)2.
a copy or mould of a sculpture or other object cast in plaster of Paris
plaster cast in American English
1.
a copy or mold of a statue or other object, cast in plaster of Paris
2. Surgery
a rigid cast to hold a fractured bone in place and prevent movement, made by wrapping the limb or part with a bandage of gauze soaked in wet plaster of Paris
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Word lists withplaster cast
Medical and surgical instruments and equipmentChinese translation of 'plaster cast'
plaster cast
(Med)
n (c)
-
石膏绷(繃)带(帶)
(shígāo bēngdài)
cast
(kɑːst)
Word forms:ptpp cast
vt
- (= throw)
- [light, shadow]
投射
(tóushè) - [net, fishing line]
投
(tóu)
- [light, shadow]
- [statue]
铸(鑄)造
(zhùzào) - (Theat)to cast sb as sth
分配某人扮演某个(個)角色
(fēnpèi mǒurén bànyǎn mǒu gè juésè)
vi
- (in fishing)
抛(拋)
(pāo)
n (c)
- (Theat)
演员(員)表
(yǎnyuánbiǎo) (份, fèn) - (= mould)
模子
(múzi) - (also plaster cast)
石膏
(shígāo)to cast one's vote投票
(tóupiào)to cast doubt on sth对(對)某事产(產)生怀(懷)疑
(duì mǒushì chǎnshēng huáiyí)to cast a glance瞧一瞧
(qiáo yī qiáo)to cast an eye or one's eye(s) over sth看一眼某物
(kàn yī yǎn mǒuwù)to cast a spell on sb [witch, fairy etc]施咒于(於)某人
(shīzhòu yú mǒurén) (fig)迷住某人
(mízhù mǒurén)to cast sb/sth into sth (liter)将(將)某人/某物扔入某处(處)
(jiāng mǒurén/mǒuwù rēngrù mǒu chù)
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Related terms ofplaster cast
- cast