A plasterer is a person whose job is to cover walls and ceilings with plaster — that wet, thick mix that dries hard and smooth. In a new building, or when people repair an old one, the plasterer comes after the bricks or boards are up, and before the painters. They spread the mix, make it flat, and wait for it to set.

A plasterer is a person whose job is to cover walls and ceilings with plasterplasterer是專門負責用plaster把牆壁和天花板抹起來的工作者 that wet, thick mix that dries hard and smooth——plaster就是那種濕濕、厚厚的材料，乾了之後會變硬、變平滑。 In a new building, or when people repair an old one不管是新蓋的建築，或是整修舊房子， the plasterer comes after the bricks or boards are up, and before the paintersplasterer都是在磚牆或板子立起來之後、油漆工進場之前工作。 They spread the mix, make it flat他們把材料抹開、抹平， and wait for it to set再等它凝固。

In some places the same worker also does other wall jobs; in others, plastering is its own skilled work. You hear the word on building sites and in talk about house repairs more than in everyday chat, though most people understand it.

In some places the same worker also does other wall jobs在有些地方，同一個工人也會做其他牆面的工作； in others, plastering is its own skilled work在有些地方，plastering是自己獨立的一門技術。 You hear the word on building sites and in talk about house repairs more than in everyday chat你會在工地和講房屋修繕的對話裡聽到這個詞，比日常聊天多， though most people understand it不過大部分人都聽得懂。

People sometimes stretch it to anyone who finishes inside walls, even when the coat is a modern skim and not old-style plaster.

People sometimes stretch it to anyone who finishes inside walls有時候大家也會把這個詞用得比較鬆，指任何把室內牆面完工的人， even when the coat is a modern skim and not old-style plaster就算他用的是現代的skim（薄層批土），不是傳統的plaster也一樣。