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单词 cast about
释义

cast about

cast around

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verb

(intr, adverb) to make a mental or visual searchto cast about for an idea for a book

Words nearby cast about

cassoulet, cassowary, casspir, cast, castable, cast about, cast adrift, Castagno, Castalia, Castaneda, castanet
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with cast about

cast about

1

Also, cast around. Seek, make a search, as in We cast about for the necessary tools, but couldn't find them in the garage. [Late 1600s]

2

Devise means, contrive, as in They cast about for new ways to increase revenue. This usage was first recorded in 1867.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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