Stucco is a kind of plaster spread over the outside walls of a building — it goes on wet, sets hard, and gives a smooth or lightly rough surface that covers the bricks or blocks underneath and keeps the weather out. You see it everywhere in Mediterranean countries, in Spanish-style houses, and across much of the southern United States, usually painted white or a warm pale colour.

Stucco is a kind of plaster spread over the outside walls of a buildingStucco是一種塗在建築物外牆上的灰泥 — it goes on wet, sets hard它塗上去時是濕的，乾了以後會變硬, and gives a smooth or lightly rough surface形成光滑或帶點粗糙質感的表面 that covers the bricks or blocks underneath and keeps the weather out蓋住底下的磚塊，並且擋風擋雨。You see it everywhere你到處都看得到它 in Mediterranean countries, in Spanish-style houses, and across much of the southern United States在地中海國家、西班牙風格的房子，還有美國南部大部分地區, usually painted white or a warm pale colour通常漆成白色或暖色系的淺色。

There is a second, older use worth knowing: fine stucco was the material used to make decorated shapes on ceilings and walls inside grand old buildings — flowers, leaves, faces moulded in plaster. So in an art or history book, 'stucco' may mean that fancy decoration rather than a plain wall covering.

There is a second, older use worth knowing還有一個比較舊、值得知道的用法: fine stucco was the material used to make decorated shapes on ceilings and walls inside grand old buildings以前精細的stucco是用來在古老豪華建築的天花板和牆上做裝飾造型的材料 — flowers, leaves, faces moulded in plaster像用灰泥塑出的花朵、葉子、人臉。So在藝術或歷史書裡 in an art or history book, 'stucco' may mean that fancy decoration「stucco」可能是指這種華麗的裝飾 rather than a plain wall covering而不是普通的牆面塗料。

The word is uncountable ('the house is covered in stucco'), and it also works as an adjective in front of a noun — 'a stucco house', 'stucco walls' — and even as a verb, 'they stuccoed the front of the building', though that is builders' language.

The word is uncountable這個字是不可數名詞 ('the house is covered in stucco')（像「the house is covered in stucco」，這房子外牆全是灰泥）, and it also works as an adjective in front of a noun也可以放在名詞前面當形容詞 — 'a stucco house', 'stucco walls'像「a stucco house」（灰泥房子）、「stucco walls」（灰泥牆） — and even as a verb甚至可以當動詞, 'they stuccoed the front of the building'像「they stuccoed the front of the building」（他們把建築正面塗上灰泥）, though that is builders' language不過那是工人、業界的說法。

The Italian word came from an old Germanic word for a piece or a crust, which is also where German Stück 'piece' comes from.

The Italian word這個義大利文字 came from an old Germanic word for a piece or a crust來自一個古日耳曼語裡表示「一塊」或「硬殼」的字, which is also where German Stück 'piece' comes from德文的Stück（意思是「一塊」）也是從這裡來的。