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cast
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cast
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casting
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- cast
[kɒːst]
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1.
vt.
[+light, shadow]
(throw) 投射
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2.
vt.
[+net, fishing line]
投
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3.
vt.
[+statue]
铸造
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4.
vt.
[theater]
to cast sb as sth 分配某人扮演某个角色
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5.
vi.
(in fishing) 抛
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6.
noun
[c]
[theater]
演员表
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7.
noun
(mould) 模子
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8.
noun
(also: plaster cast) 石膏
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to cast one's vote
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投票
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to cast doubt on sth
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对某事产生怀疑
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to cast a glance
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瞧一瞧
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to cast an eye {or} one's eye(s) over sth
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看一眼某物
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to cast a spell on sb
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[witch, fairy etc+] 施咒于某人
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9.
noun
[fig]
迷住某人
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to cast sb/sth into sth
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[liter] 将某人/某物扔入某处
Collins English-English Dictionary
- cast
[kɑːst]
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1.
vb
[mainly tr]
to throw or expel with violence or force
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2.
n
casting something that is shed, dropped, or egested, such as the coil of earth left by an earthworm
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3.
vb
to throw off or away
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she cast her clothes to the ground
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4.
vb
to reject or dismiss
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he cast the idea from his mind
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5.
vb
to shed or drop
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the snake cast its skin
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the horse cast a shoe
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the ship cast anchor
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6.
vb
to cause to appear
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to cast a shadow
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7.
vb
to express (doubts, suspicions, etc) or cause (them) to be felt
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8.
vb
to direct (a glance, attention, etc)
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cast your eye over this
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9.
vb
to place, esp in a violent manner
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he was cast into prison
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10.
vb
[also intr]
[angling]
to throw (a line) into the water
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11.
vb
to draw or choose (lots)
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12.
vb
to give or deposit (a vote)
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13.
vb
to select (actors) to play parts in (a play, film, etc)
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14.
vb
to shape (molten metal, glass, etc) by pouring or pressing it into a mould
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15.
vb
to make (an object) by such a process
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16.
vb
[also intr; often foll by up]
to compute (figures or a total)
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17.
vb
to predict
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the old woman cast my fortune
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18.
vb
[astrology]
to draw on (a horoscope) details concerning the positions of the planets in the signs of the zodiac at a particular time for interpretation in terms of human characteristics, behaviour,
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19.
vb
to contrive (esp in the phrase cast a spell)
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20.
vb
to formulate
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he cast his work in the form of a chart
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21.
vb
[also intr]
to twist or cause to twist
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22.
vb
[also intr]
[nautical]
to turn the head of (a sailing vessel) or (of a sailing vessel) to be turned away from the wind in getting under way
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23.
vb
[hunting]
to direct (a pack of hounds) over (ground) where their quarry may recently have passed
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24.
vi.
[intr]
(of birds of prey) to eject from the crop and bill a pellet consisting of the indigestible parts of birds or animals previously eaten
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25.
vi.
[falconry]
to hold the body of a hawk between the hands so as to perform some operation upon it
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26.
vi.
[printing]
to stereotype or electrotype
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27.
n
the act of casting or throwing
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28.
n
another name for pellet
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29.
n
an object that is thrown
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30.
n
the distance an object is or may be thrown
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31.
n
a throw at dice
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32.
n
the resulting number shown
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33.
n
[angling]
a trace with a fly or flies attached
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34.
n
the act or an instance of casting
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35.
n
the wide sweep made by a sheepdog to get behind a flock of sheep or by a hunting dog in search of a scent
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36.
n
the actors in a play collectively
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37.
n
(as modifier)
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a cast list
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38.
n
an object made of metal, glass, etc, that has been shaped in a molten state by being poured or pressed into a mould
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39.
n
the mould used to shape such an object
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40.
n
form or appearance
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41.
n
sort, kind, or style
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42.
n
a fixed twist or defect, esp in the eye
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43.
n
a distortion of shape
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44.
n
[surgery]
a rigid encircling casing, often made of plaster of Paris, for immobilizing broken bones while they heal
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45.
n
[pathol]
a mass of fatty, waxy, cellular, or other material formed in a diseased body cavity, passage, etc
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46.
n
the act of casting a pack of hounds
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47.
n
[falconry]
a pair of falcons working in combination to pursue the same quarry
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48.
n
[archery]
the speed imparted to an arrow by a particular bow
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49.
n
a slight tinge or trace, as of colour
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50.
n
a computation or calculation
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51.
n
a forecast or conjecture
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52.
n
fortune or a stroke of fate
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53.
n
[palaeontol]
a replica of an organic object made of nonorganic material, esp a lump of sediment that indicates the internal or external surface of a shell or skeleton
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54.
n
[palaeontol]
a sedimentary structure representing the infilling of a mark or depression in a soft layer of sediment (or bed)
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55.
n
See also cast about castaway cast back cast down cast-off cast on cast out cast up
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56.
n
[Etymology]
C13: from Old Norse kasta
Examples
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cast aspersions
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对…进行诽谤
→ cast
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cast one's eyes or attention on a thing
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把目光(或注意力)投向某物
→ cast
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of an aristocratic cast
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具有贵族的气质
→ cast
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a reddish cast
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淡红色,微红色
→ cast
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to cast an eye on sth.
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看一看某物
→ eye
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to cast a spell over someone
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用符咒迷惑某人
→ over
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Coming events cast their shadows before.
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事发之前必有征兆。
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cast up earthworks
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挖土方工程
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The clouds cast a shadow and gave everything an eerie light.
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乌云投下的阴影使万物都罩上了一层可怕的光芒。
→ shadow
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She cast a spell on me.
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她像是对我施了魔法。
→ spell
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