English Dictionary

plastic

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈplæstɪk/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 口語 換喩的 比喩的用法 俗語 廃用 古語

A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting. / (colloquial, metonymically) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.

日本語の意味

合成樹脂、もしくは熱可塑性または硬化性の高分子化合物 / （俗語的に）現金の代わりに用いられるクレジットカードやデビットカード

The artist recycled old plastic into a colorful sculpture.

そのアーティストは古い合成樹脂をリサイクルして色鮮やかな彫刻を作った。

意味（1）

A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.

Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field. Dr Mincer and Dr Amaral-Zettler found evidence of them on their marine plastic, too.

意味（2）

(colloquial, metonymically) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.

It's all about fast cars and cussing each other / but it doesn't matter cause I'm packing plastic / and that's what makes my life so fucking fantastic.

意味（3）

(figuratively, slang) insincerity; fakeness, or a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population.

Cady: You know I couldn't invite you. I had to pretend to be plastic. Janis: Hey, buddy, you're not pretending anymore. You're plastic. Cold, shiny, hard plastic.

意味（4）

(slang, countable) An instance of plastic surgery.

Somebody's had a plastic done on his nose, I think, or else somebody bent it out of shape since I last saw it.

意味（5）

(obsolete) A sculptor, moulder.

意味（6）

(archaic) Any solid but malleable substance.

plastics （ plural ）