| 单词 | to cast lots |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cast lots 69. to cast a clod between (Scottish); to widen the breach between. †to cast galmoundis (Sc.): to cut capers. to cast a (point of) traverse: (see quots.). †to cast stones against the wind: to labour in vain. Also to cast ambs-ace, to cast anchor, to cast a bone, to cast cantraips, to cast cavel, to cast a damp, to cast damper, to cast an essoin (excuse), to cast lots, to cast a spell; for which see those words. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain to lose or spill one's whilec1175 to speak to the windc1330 tinec1330 to beat the windc1375 lose?a1513 to boil, roast, or wash a stonea1529 to lose (one's) oil1548 to plough the sand (also sands)a1565 to wash an ass's head (or ears)1581 to wash an Ethiop, a blackamoor (white)1581 to wash a wall of loam, a brick or tilea1600 to milk the bull (also he-goat, ram)1616 to bark against (or at) the moona1641 dead horse1640 to cast stones against the wind1657 dry-ditcha1670 baffle1860 to go, run or rush (a)round in circles1933 1529 D. Lindsay Compl. King 181 Castand galmoundis with bendis and beckis. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 43 I grew wearie of casting stones against the wind. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Cast a Point of Traverse, in Navigation, signifies, to prick down on a chart the Point of a Compass any Land bears from you, or to find on what Point the Ship bears at any instant, or what way the Ship has made. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 105 (Jam.) Betweesh them sae by casting of a clod. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. To cast a traverse, to calculate and lay off the courses and distances run over upon a chart. to cast lots (also †lot) (a) to cast lots (also †lot): to throw lots (esp. into or from a receptacle) in order to make a decision, foretell the future, etc.; (more generally) to decide something by random selection. Frequently with following phrase or clause specifying the issue or question being decided.Specific methods of casting lots have varied; see note at sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > casting of lots, sortilege > divine or decide by casting lots [verb (intransitive)] to cast lots (also lot)a1275 cavelc1375 to draw lots (also lot)c1425 sorta1500 the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > make types of choice [verb (intransitive)] > choose or decide by lot to cast lots (also lot)a1275 to draw lots (also lot)c1425 lot1483 to draw valentines?1553 draw1634 to draw a straw or straws1832 to draw short and long1870 a1275 Body & Soul (Trin. Cambr. B.14.39) l. 27 in A. S. M. Clark Seint Maregrete & Body & Soul (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Michigan) (1972) 119 Maked he habit hore lotes of mi fles to kasten. a1300 Passion our Lord 447 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 50 Ac hi casten heore lot, hwes he scolde beo. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xiv. 42 Leiþ lot betwen [1535 Coverdale Cast the lot ouer, 1611 King James Cast lots betweene] me & Jonathan my sone. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 124 Lotes did þei kast, for whom þei had þat wo. a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) l. 3184 Thay haue caste ther loote certes you vppon. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 455 The French men..had diuided the prisoners and spoyles among them, and had cast lottes for them. 1611 Bible (King James) Neh. xi. 1 The rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of tenne, to dwell in Ierusalem. View more context for this quotation 1662 J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Trilinguis lx. 160/1 The Sorcerer by casting lots foretold things to come. 1720 J. Burchett Compl. Hist. Trans. at Sea iii. xix. 391 That the Regiments should cast Lots which of them should go on shore first. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. Observ. 350 The Sons cast lots for their patrimony. 1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake Introd. 28 Their numbers given, the lots were cast, To fix the names of first and last. 1840 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. V. xviii. 296 Supposing we had to cast lots for some worldly benefit. 1943 H. J. Massingham Men of Earth iii. 31 When the lots were cast, each new owner took his scythe and ‘made his pitch’. 2006 Irish Times (Nexis) 9 Dec. 22 They cast lots for who gets to patrol the prime spots and who has to wait for clients in the restaurant. < as lemmas |
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