Soft white plaster that takes the shape of whatever it touches, and then goes hard and keeps it. While it is wet it will follow any curve; once it sets, nothing about that shape can move any more. Both uses of the word come out of that one change from soft to hard.

可以想成一團白色的石膏,軟的時候貼上什麼就變成什麼形狀。它會跟著每一道彎、每一個凹痕走。等它乾了,形狀就被鎖住,再也動不了。這個「從軟變硬、把形狀留下來」的過程,大概就是這個詞兩種用法共同的畫面。差別只在於:留住的是骨頭的位置,還是別的東西的樣子。

One branch

石膏乾了之後把形狀鎖住

登入就可以看這一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

cast for a broken bone · noun

A hard white cover that is put around a broken arm, leg, or finger. It is made from cloth soaked in a plaster mix that sets hard, and it holds the bone still so that it can mend.

石膏(固定骨折用)