plastics

柯林斯词典

1. N-MASS Plastic is a material that is produced from oil by a chemical process and that is used to make many objects. It is light in weight and does not break easily. 塑料
...a wooden crate, sheltered from rain by sheets of plastic. …一衹板條木箱，用塑料膜蓋著遮雨。
A lot of the plastics that carmakers are using cannot be recycled. 汽車制造商們正在使用的很多塑料制品是無法廻收再用的。
2. ADJ If you describe something as plastic, you mean that you think it looks or tastes unnatural or not real. (樣子或味道) 不自然的[表不滿]
You wanted proper home-cooked meals, you said you had enough plastic hotel food and airline food. 你想喫地道的家常飯菜，你說你喫夠了賓館裡和航班上味道不純的食品。
3. N-UNCOUNT If you use plastic or plastic money to pay for something, you pay for it with a credit card instead of using cash. 信用卡[非正式]
Using plastic to pay for an order is simplicity itself. 使用信用卡支付訂單本身就很簡單。
4. ADJ Something that is plastic is soft and can easily be made into different shapes. 柔軟易塑的
You can also enjoy mud packs with the natural mud, smooth, grey, soft, and plastic as butter. 你還可以享受天然泥制麪膜，灰色的泥，光滑、柔軟, 像黃油一樣易塑。