plastic
US: /ˈpɫæstɪk/
UK: /plˈɑːstɪk/
UK: /plˈɑːstɪk/
English Vietnamese dictionary
plastic /'plæstik/
- danh từ
- chất dẻo ((cũng) plastics)
- chất dẻo ((cũng) plastics)
- tính từ
- dẻo, nặn được
- tạo hình
- plastic arts: nghệ thuật tạo hình
- plastic surgery: phẫu thuật tạo hình
- (nghĩa bóng) mềm dẻo, mềm mỏng, hay chiều đời; dễ uốn nắn
Advanced English dictionary
noun, adjective
+ noun
1 [U, C, usually pl.] 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: The pipes should be made of plastic. + a sheet of clear plastic + the plastic industry
2 (plastics) [U] the science of making plastics
3 [U] (informal) a way of talking about CREDIT CARDS: Do they take plastic?
+ adjective
1 made of plastic: a plastic bag / cup / toy
2 (of a material or substance) easily formed into different shapes: Clay is a plastic substance.
3 (disapproving) that seems artificial; false; not real or sincere: TV game show hosts with their banal remarks and plastic smiles + The flight attendants served up plastic food with little taste or texture.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 mouldable, shapable or shapeable, fictile, soft, malleable, workable, ductile, flexible, soft, pliant, supple, pliable, clayey, waxy:
The clay must be worked into the desired form while it is still plastic
2 impressionable, receptive, open, persuadable or persuasible, susceptible, tractable, compliant, responsive, manageable, unformed, inexperienced:
One encounters the children at an age when their minds and personalities are still plastic enough to be influenced.
3 artificial, synthetic, imitation, fake, counterfeit, ersatz, paste, bogus, meretricious, sham; cheap, pinchbeck, shoddy; Colloq phoney or US also phony, crummy, US chintzy:
She was wearing a tawdry plastic brooch.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
heavy-duty, reinforced, strong, sturdy, tough | thin | flexible | rigid | moulded | clear, see-through, transparent | shiny | biodegradable | foam | sticky-backed
VERB + PLASTIC
make, manufacture, produce | recycle | make/mould sth from/in/(out) of
dashboards moulded in plastic
| cover sth with, wrap sth in
Concise English dictionary
plastics'plæstɪk
noun
+generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives
adj.
+capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)
+capable of being influenced or formed
+forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
