an artificial substance that can be shaped when soft into many different forms and has many different uses

He put a sheet of plastic over the broken window. 他在打碎的窗户上蒙了块塑料布。

Those flowers aren't real - they're made of plastic. 那些花不是真的——是塑料做的。

the process or business of producing plastic

The company has moved into plastics. 公司已转而进入塑料制造业。

the plastics industry 塑料工业

She worked as an industrial nurse for a plastics company in the town where she lived.

The plastics division bought up over a hundred industrial plants.

Local people complained constantly about the stench from the local plastics factory.

credit cards or debit cards, rather than money in the form of notes, coins, or cheques

I'd prefer a restaurant where they take plastic. 我更喜欢去一家接受信用卡付款的饭馆。

made of plastic

a plastic bag/box/cup 塑料袋／盒／杯

artificial or false

I hate the hostesses' false cheerfulness and plastic smiles. 我讨厌女主人的假开心和做作的微笑。

soft enough to be changed into a new shape

Clay is a very plastic material. 黏土是一种可塑性极强的材料。

This metal is plastic at high temperatures. 这种金属在高温下具有可塑性。