band-aid
substantivoverboatestado nos diálogos
- Estados Unidos//ˈbændeɪd//
An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound.
substantivo
- 1
An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound.
- 2
informalA temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight.
It was another of those political band-aids patted over a minor sore.
Etimologia
Genericized trademark from Band-Aid, registered and coined by Johnson & Johnson in 1924 as band(age) + aid.
verbo
- 1
To apply an adhesive bandage.
As a school nurse, Pat was used to band-aiding lots of scraped knees and elbows.
- 2
figuradoTo apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig.
Rather than fix the code, we just band-aided the problem by hiding the error message.
This is where the addictions theorists and therapists fail (perhaps for lack of nerve): they never strongly suggest that their critique should become the basis for concerted, collective therapy as well as individual therapy. They can't. To do so would mean risking their own dependency upon the system and upon the rewards they receive for band-aiding it.
Formas
- plural
- band-aids
- pretérito
- band-aided
- particípio passado
- band-aided
- gerúndio
- band-aiding
- 3.ª pessoa do singular
- band-aids
band-aid · An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound.
bandage · A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or…bandit · One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of…bane · A cause of misery or ruin.