| 单词 | to cast about one |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cast about one b. transferred and figurative. to cast about one: to look about (mentally). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > make a search [verb (intransitive)] seekc1000 ofsechec1300 searchc1330 laita1400 ripea1400 to cast about1575 to fall about1632 quest1669 to bush about or out1686 beat1709 to cast about one1823 feather1892 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, inspect [verb (intransitive)] inquirec1330 aska1382 ensearch1382 questiona1500 investigate?1520 vestigatea1561 to look into ——1561 perpend1568 mouse1575 rake1603 undergo1605 fathom1607 ravel1618 examine1628 inquisition1644 to cast abouta1676 inspect1703 sound1793 disquisitea1823 look-see1862 to cast about one1867 1823 W. Scott Peveril I. vi. 161 I cast round the thicket. 1825 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 292 I remember the old squire and his sporting chaplain casting home on spent horses. 1867 W. D. Howells Ital. Journeys 277 Spinabello cast about him to find a suitable husband for her. 1879 R. Browning Pheidippides 28 Gravely they turned to take counsel, to cast for excuses. 1885 Law Times 79 190/1 He casts about him for the wherewithal to meet the..expenditure. < as lemmas |
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