单词	sticking plaster
释义	sticking plaster /ˈstɪkɪŋ ˌplɑːstə / noun British 1A piece of flexible material with an adhesive backing for covering cuts or small wounds.A simple first aid kit with sticking plasters and greasy dressings will help deal with minor injuries, and petroleum jelly is useful for abrasions.... The thin walled tube had kinked under the sticking plaster. It's not first aid in the sense of a sticking plaster and a bandage. 1.1 [often as modifier] A temporary and inadequate solution to a serious problem: speed cameras may help, but this is a sticking-plaster solution... Seven thousand African troops sent in to monitor the situation are just a sticking plaster on a gaping wound. On Wednesday last week, Gordon Brown delivered a Budget which is little more than a sticking plaster for the General Election. At the moment we are using a sticking plaster approach.
随便看	onomatopoesy onomatopoetical onomatopoetically onomatopoiesis onomatopoietic onomatopoësis onomatous Onondaga on one's back on one's beam ends on one's conscience on one's feet on one's haunches on one's high horse on one's hind legs on one's honour on one's jack (or Jack Jones) on one's knees on one's last legs on one's (or the) doorstep on one's own on one's own account on one's own ground on one's own hook on one's own initiative

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