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  • Conjugation : past  cast ; ing  casting
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

cast [kɒːst]
  1. 1. vt. [+light, shadow] (throw) 投射
  2. 2. vt. [+net, fishing line]
  3. 3. vt. [+statue] 铸造
  4. 4. vt. [theater] to cast sb as sth 分配某人扮演某个角色
  5. 5. vi. (in fishing) 抛
  6. 6. noun [c] [theater] 演员表
  7. 7. noun (mould) 模子
  8. 8. noun (also: plaster cast) 石膏
    to cast one's vote
    投票
    to cast doubt on sth
    对某事产生怀疑
    to cast a glance
    瞧一瞧
    to cast an eye {or} one's eye(s) over sth
    一眼某物
    to cast a spell on sb
    [witch, fairy etc+] 施咒于某人
  9. 9. noun [fig] 迷住某人
    to cast sb/sth into sth
    [liter] 将某人/某物扔入某处

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

cast [kæsk] [kɑːst]
  1. 1. vt. 投,掷,抛,扔,丢,撒
  2. 2. vt. 投射光线阴影视线等)
  3. 3. vt. 放钓,垂钓
  4. 4. vt. 蜕(皮);脱(壳);脱落
    The snake casts its skin.
    蛇脱皮。
  5. 5. vt. 发泄感情);放出
    cast aspersions
    对…进行诽谤
  6. 6. vt. 投(票
  7. 7. vt. 使(目光向下,把(注意力等)转向投向
    cast one's eyes or attention on a thing
    把目光(或注意力)投向某物
  8. 8. vt. 抛(锚);放(网)
  9. 9. vt. 抽(签);摇掷(骰子
  10. 10. vt. 动物产(仔);(尤指)流产
  11. 11. vt. 扔掉抛弃摆脱
  12. 12. vt. 合计计算(帐、金额等),把…加起来
  13. 13. vt. (以星占术算命预测潮汐
  14. 14. vt. 筹划安排配置
  15. 15. vt. 铸造
  16. 16. vt. 铸造方法制造铸成
  17. 17. vt. 为(角色选派演员选派扮演角色
  18. 18. vt. 使弯曲扭曲
  19. 19. noun,vt. [navigation] 使(船)强行掉头(或原地回转
  20. 20. noun,vt. [printing] 浇铸…的铅版;把…制成电铸版
  21. 21. vi. 骰子
  22. 22. vi. 垂钓,放钓
  23. 23. vi. [England] [dialect] 呕吐喷出吐出
  24. 24. vi. 变弯;变歪
  25. 25. vi. 计算
  26. 26. vi. 算命预测潮汐
  27. 27. vi. 铸造
  28. 28. vi. [antiquated] 预测猜想假设
  29. 29. vi. [antiquated] 思索图谋筹划
  30. 30. vi. [hunting] (放猎狗搜寻猎物的遗臭)
  31. 31. vi. [navigation] 帆船顺风换抢,调转船尾向上
  32. 32. noun 骰子的一掷;掷骰子的点
  33. 33. noun 孤注)一掷
  34. 34. noun 一瞥扫视
  35. 35. noun 放钓,垂钓撒网
  36. 36. noun 合计计算
  37. 37. noun 猜想假设预测预料
  38. 38. noun 鱼钩上钓饵;鹰猎中放出的一对鹰;蚯蚓等弄出地面泥土昆虫蜕脱的壳
  39. 39. noun (一炉钢的)产量
  40. 40. noun 铸件;(铜或石膏)铸像;模子铸模
  41. 41. noun [printing] 铅版电铸版
  42. 42. noun (敷在断肢上的)管型石膏
  43. 43. noun 戏剧电影等的)演员表演员阵容
  44. 44. noun 安排整理排列配置
  45. 45. noun 面)容容色表情外表;特征特色
  46. 46. noun 种;类性质气质
    of an aristocratic cast
    具有贵族的气质
  47. 47. noun 淡色;(色彩的)浓淡
    a reddish cast
    淡红色,微红色
  48. 48. noun 少量微量
  49. 49. noun 倾向歪斜倾斜
  50. 50. noun 斜视,斜看
  51. 51. noun [hunting] 猎狗搜寻猎物遗臭
  52. 52. noun [medicine] 管型,圆柱
    renal casts
    肾性管型,肾小管管型

Collins English-English Dictionary

cast [kɑːst]
  1. 1. vb [mainly tr] to throw or expel with violence or force
  2. 2. n casting something that is shed, dropped, or egested, such as the coil of earth left by an earthworm
  3. 3. vb to throw off or away
    she cast her clothes to the ground
  4. 4. vb to reject or dismiss
    he cast the idea from his mind
  5. 5. vb to shed or drop
    the snake cast its skin
    the horse cast a shoe
    the ship cast anchor
  6. 6. vb to cause to appear
    to cast a shadow
  7. 7. vb to express (doubts, suspicions, etc) or cause (them) to be felt
  8. 8. vb to direct (a glance, attention, etc)
    cast your eye over this
  9. 9. vb to place, esp in a violent manner
    he was cast into prison
  10. 10. vb [also intr] [angling] to throw (a line) into the water
  11. 11. vb to draw or choose (lots)
  12. 12. vb to give or deposit (a vote)
  13. 13. vb to select (actors) to play parts in (a play, film, etc)
  14. 14. vb to shape (molten metal, glass, etc) by pouring or pressing it into a mould
  15. 15. vb to make (an object) by such a process
  16. 16. vb [also intr; often foll by up] to compute (figures or a total)
  17. 17. vb to predict
    the old woman cast my fortune
  18. 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,
  19. 19. vb to contrive (esp in the phrase cast a spell)
  20. 20. vb to formulate
    he cast his work in the form of a chart
  21. 21. vb [also intr] to twist or cause to twist
  22. 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
  23. 23. vb [hunting] to direct (a pack of hounds) over (ground) where their quarry may recently have passed
  24. 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
  25. 25. vi. [falconry] to hold the body of a hawk between the hands so as to perform some operation upon it
  26. 26. vi. [printing] to stereotype or electrotype
  27. 27. n the act of casting or throwing
  28. 28. n another name for pellet
  29. 29. n an object that is thrown
  30. 30. n the distance an object is or may be thrown
  31. 31. n a throw at dice
  32. 32. n the resulting number shown
  33. 33. n [angling] a trace with a fly or flies attached
  34. 34. n the act or an instance of casting
  35. 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
  36. 36. n the actors in a play collectively
  37. 37. n (as modifier)
    a cast list
  38. 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
  39. 39. n the mould used to shape such an object
  40. 40. n form or appearance
  41. 41. n sort, kind, or style
  42. 42. n a fixed twist or defect, esp in the eye
  43. 43. n a distortion of shape
  44. 44. n [surgery] a rigid encircling casing, often made of plaster of Paris, for immobilizing broken bones while they heal
  45. 45. n [pathol] a mass of fatty, waxy, cellular, or other material formed in a diseased body cavity, passage, etc
  46. 46. n the act of casting a pack of hounds
  47. 47. n [falconry] a pair of falcons working in combination to pursue the same quarry
  48. 48. n [archery] the speed imparted to an arrow by a particular bow
  49. 49. n a slight tinge or trace, as of colour
  50. 50. n a computation or calculation
  51. 51. n a forecast or conjecture
  52. 52. n fortune or a stroke of fate
  53. 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
  54. 54. n [palaeontol] a sedimentary structure representing the infilling of a mark or depression in a soft layer of sediment (or bed)
  55. 55. n See also cast about castaway cast back cast down cast-off cast on cast out cast up
  56. 56. n [Etymology] C13: from Old Norse kasta

Examples

cast aspersions
对…进行诽谤 cast
cast one's eyes or attention on a thing
把目光(或注意力)投向某物 cast
of an aristocratic cast
具有贵族的气质 cast
a reddish cast
淡红色,微红色 cast
to cast an eye on sth.
看一看某物 eye
to cast a spell over someone
用符咒迷惑某人 over
Coming events cast their shadows before.
事发之前必有征兆。 shadow
cast up earthworks
挖土方工程
The clouds cast a shadow and gave everything an eerie light.
乌云投下的阴影使万物都罩上了一层可怕的光芒。 shadow
She cast a spell on me.
她像是对我施了魔法。 spell

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