| 单词 | cast |
| 释义 | cast v. & n. --v (past and past part. cast) 1. tr. throw, esp. deliberately or forcefully. 2. tr. (often foll. by on, over) a direct or cause to fall (one's eyes, a glance, light, a shadow, a spell, etc.). b express (doubts, aspersions, etc.). 3. tr. throw out (a fishing-line) into the water. 4. tr. let down (an anchor or sounding-lead). 5. tr. a throw off, get rid of. b shed (skin etc.) esp. in the process of growth. c (of a horse) lose (a shoe). 6. tr. record, register, or give (a vote). 7. tr. a shape (molten metal or plastic material) in a mould. b make (a product) in this way. 8. tr. Printing make (type). 9. tr. a (usu. foll. by as) assign (an actor) to play a particular character. b allocate roles in (a play, film, etc.). 10. tr. (foll. by in, into) arrange or formulate (facts etc.) in a specified form. 11. tr. & intr. reckon, add up, calculate (accounts or figures). 12. tr. calculate and record details of (a horoscope). --n 1. a the throwing of a missile etc. b the distance reached by this. 2. a throw or a number thrown at dice. 3. a throw of a net, sounding-lead, or fishing-line. 4. Fishing a that which is cast, esp. the gut with hook and fly. b a place for casting (a good cast). 5. a an object of metal, clay, etc., made in a mould. b a moulded mass of solidified material, esp. plaster protecting a broken limb. 6. the actors taking part in a play, film, etc. 7. form, type, or quality (cast of features; cast of mind). 8. a tinge or shade of colour. 9. a (in full cast in the eye) a slight squint. b a twist or inclination. 10. a a mass of earth excreted by a worm. b a mass of indigestible food thrown up by a hawk, owl, etc. 11. the form into which any work is thrown or arranged. 12. a a wide area covered by a dog or pack to find a trail. b Austral. & NZ a wide sweep made by a sheepdog in mustering sheep. Phrases and idioms cast about (or around or round) make an extensive search (actually or mentally) (cast about for a solution). cast adrift leave to drift. cast ashore (of waves etc.) throw to the shore. cast aside give up using; abandon. cast away 1. reject. 2. (in passive) be shipwrecked (cf. CASTAWAY). cast one's bread upon the waters see BREAD. cast down depress, deject (cf. DOWNCAST). casting vote a deciding vote usu. given by the chairperson when the votes on two sides are equal. Usage From an obsolete sense of cast = turn the scale. cast iron a hard alloy of iron, carbon, and silicon cast in a mould. cast-iron adj. 1. made of cast iron. 2. hard, unchallengeable, unchangeable. cast loose detach; detach oneself. cast lots see LOT. cast-net a net thrown out and immediately drawn in. cast off 1. abandon. 2. Knitting take the stitches off the needle by looping each over the next to finish the edge. 3. Naut. a set a ship free from a quay etc. b loosen and throw off (rope etc.). 4. Printing estimate the space that will be taken in print by manuscript copy. cast-off adj. abandoned, discarded. --n a cast-off thing, esp. a garment. cast on Knitting make the first row of loops on the needle. cast out expel. cast up 1. (of the sea) deposit on the shore. 2. add up (figures etc.). Etymology: ME f. ON kasta |
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