cast
资料来源 : pyDict
演员阵容,投掷,铸件,预测,性质投,掷,抛,脱落,铸,使弯曲,计算投
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Cast \Cast\ (k[.a]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cast}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Casting}.] [Cf. Dan. kaste, Icel. & Sw. kasta; perh. akin
to L. {gerere} to bear, carry. E. jest.]
1. To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to
impel.
Uzziah prepared . . . slings to cast stones. --2
Chron. xxvi.
14.
Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. --Acts.
xii. 8.
We must be cast upon a certain island. --Acts.
xxvii. 26.
2. To direct or turn, as the eyes.
How earnestly he cast his eyes upon me! --Shak.
3. To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
4. To throw down, as in wrestling. --Shak.
5. To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
Thine enemies shall cast a trench [bank] about thee.
--Luke xix.
48.
6. To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
His filth within being cast. --Shak.
Neither shall your vine cast her fruit. --Mal. iii.
11
The creatures that cast the skin are the snake, the
viper, etc. --Bacon.
7. To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
Thy she-goats have not cast their young. --Gen. xxi.
38.
8. To throw out or emit; to exhale. [Obs.]
This . . . casts a sulphureous smell. --Woodward.
9. To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to
cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.
10. To impose; to bestow; to rest.
The government I cast upon my brother. --Shak.
Cast thy burden upon the Lord. --Ps. iv. 22.
11. To dismiss; to discard; to cashier. [Obs.]
The state can not with safety cast him.
12. To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a
horoscope. ``Let it be cast and paid.'' --Shak.
You cast the event of war, my noble lord. --Shak.
13. To contrive; to plan. [Archaic]
The cloister . . . had, I doubt not, been cast for
[an orange-house]. --Sir W.
Temple.
14. To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict;
as, to be cast in damages.
She was cast to be hanged. --Jeffrey.
Were the case referred to any competent judge, they
would inevitably be cast. --Dr. H. More.
15. To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to
make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
How much interest casts the balance in cases
dubious! --South.
16. To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal
or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as,
to cast bells, stoves, bullets.
17. (Print.) To stereotype or electrotype.
18. To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play
among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.
Our parts in the other world will be new cast.
--Addison.
{To cast anchor} (Naut.) See under {Anchor}.
{To cast a horoscope}, to calculate it.
{To cast a} {horse, sheep}, or other animal, to throw with
the feet upwards, in such a manner as to prevent its
rising again.
{To cast a shoe}, to throw off or lose a shoe, said of a
horse or ox.
{To cast aside}, to throw or push aside; to neglect; to
reject as useless or inconvenient.
{To cast away}.
(a) To throw away; to lavish; to waste. ``Cast away a
life'' --Addison.
(b) To reject; to let perish. ``Cast away his people.''
--Rom. xi. 1. ``Cast one away.'' --Shak.
(c) To wreck. ``Cast away and sunk.'' --Shak.
{To cast by}, to reject; to dismiss or discard; to throw
away.
{To cast down}, to throw down; to destroy; to deject or
depress, as the mind. ``Why art thou cast down. O my
soul?'' --Ps. xiii. 5.
{To cast forth}, to throw out, or eject, as from an inclosed
place; to emit; to send out.
{To cast in one's lot with}, to share the fortunes of.
{To cast in one's teeth}, to upbraid or abuse one for; to
twin.
{To cast lots}. See under {Lot}.
{To cast off}.
(a) To discard or reject; to drive away; to put off; to
free one's self from.
(b) (Hunting) To leave behind, as dogs; also, to set
loose, or free, as dogs. --Crabb.
(c) (Naut.) To untie, throw off, or let go, as a rope.
{To cast off copy}, (Print.), to estimate how much printed
matter a given amount of copy will make, or how large the
page must be in order that the copy may make a given
number of pages.
{To cast one's self} {on or upon} to yield or submit one's
self unreservedly to, as to the mercy of another.
{To cast out}, to throw out; to eject, as from a house; to
cast forth; to expel; to utter.
{To cast the lead} (Naut.), to sound by dropping the lead to
the bottom.
{To cast the water} (Med.), to examine the urine for signs of
disease. [Obs.].
{To cast up}.
(a) To throw up; to raise.
(b) To compute; to reckon, as the cost.
(c) To vomit.
(d) To twit with; to throw in one's teeth.
Cast \Cast\ (k[.a]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cast}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Casting}.] [Cf. Dan. kaste, Icel. & Sw. kasta; perh. akin
to L. {gerere} to bear, carry. E. jest.]
1. To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to
impel.
Uzziah prepared . . . slings to cast stones. --2
Chron. xxvi.
14.
Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. --Acts.
xii. 8.
We must be cast upon a certain island. --Acts.
xxvii. 26.
2. To direct or turn, as the eyes.
How earnestly he cast his eyes upon me! --Shak.
3. To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
4. To throw down, as in wrestling. --Shak.
5. To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
Thine enemies shall cast a trench [bank] about thee.
--Luke xix.
48.
6. To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
His filth within being cast. --Shak.
Neither shall your vine cast her fruit. --Mal. iii.
11
The creatures that cast the skin are the snake, the
viper, etc. --Bacon.
7. To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
Thy she-goats have not cast their young. --Gen. xxi.
38.
8. To throw out or emit; to exhale. [Obs.]
This . . . casts a sulphureous smell. --Woodward.
9. To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to
cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.
10. To impose; to bestow; to rest.
The government I cast upon my brother. --Shak.
Cast thy burden upon the Lord. --Ps. iv. 22.
11. To dismiss; to discard; to cashier. [Obs.]
The state can not with safety cast him.
12. To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a
horoscope. ``Let it be cast and paid.'' --Shak.
You cast the event of war, my noble lord. --Shak.
13. To contrive; to plan. [Archaic]
The cloister . . . had, I doubt not, been cast for
[an orange-house]. --Sir W.
Temple.
14. To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict;
as, to be cast in damages.
She was cast to be hanged. --Jeffrey.
Were the case referred to any competent judge, they
would inevitably be cast. --Dr. H. More.
15. To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to
make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
How much interest casts the balance in cases
dubious! --South.
16. To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal
or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as,
to cast bells, stoves, bullets.
17. (Print.) To stereotype or electrotype.
18. To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play
among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.
Our parts in the other world will be new cast.
--Addison.
{To cast anchor} (Naut.) See under {Anchor}.
{To cast a horoscope}, to calculate it.
{To cast a} {horse, sheep}, or other animal, to throw with
the feet upwards, in such a manner as to prevent its
rising again.
{To cast a shoe}, to throw off or lose a shoe, said of a
horse or ox.
{To cast aside}, to throw or push aside; to neglect; to
reject as useless or inconvenient.
{To cast away}.
(a) To throw away; to lavish; to waste. ``Cast away a
life'' --Addison.
(b) To reject; to let perish. ``Cast away his people.''
--Rom. xi. 1. ``Cast one away.'' --Shak.
(c) To wreck. ``Cast away and sunk.'' --Shak.
{To cast by}, to reject; to dismiss or discard; to throw
away.
{To cast down}, to throw down; to destroy; to deject or
depress, as the mind. ``Why art thou cast down. O my
soul?'' --Ps. xiii. 5.
{To cast forth}, to throw out, or eject, as from an inclosed
place; to emit; to send out.
{To cast in one's lot with}, to share the fortunes of.
{To cast in one's teeth}, to upbraid or abuse one for; to
twin.
{To cast lots}. See under {Lot}.
{To cast off}.
(a) To discard or reject; to drive away; to put off; to
free one's self from.
(b) (Hunting) To leave behind, as dogs; also, to set
loose, or free, as dogs. --Crabb.
(c) (Naut.) To untie, throw off, or let go, as a rope.
{To cast off copy}, (Print.), to estimate how much printed
matter a given amount of copy will make, or how large the
page must be in order that the copy may make a given
number of pages.
{To cast one's self} {on or upon} to yield or submit one's
self unreservedly to, as to the mercy of another.
{To cast out}, to throw out; to eject, as from a house; to
cast forth; to expel; to utter.
{To cast the lead} (Naut.), to sound by dropping the lead to
the bottom.
{To cast the water} (Med.), to examine the urine for signs of
disease. [Obs.].
{To cast up}.
(a) To throw up; to raise.
(b) To compute; to reckon, as the cost.
(c) To vomit.
(d) To twit with; to throw in one's teeth.
Cast \Cast\,
3d pres. of {Cast}, for Casteth. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Cast \Cast\, n. [Cf. Icel., Dan., & Sw. kast.]
1. The act of casting or throwing; a throw.
2. The thing thrown.
A cast of dreadful dust. --Dryden.
3. The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown. ``About
a stone's cast.'' --Luke xxii. 41.
4. A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.
An even cast whether the army should march this way
or that way. --Sowth.
I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the
hazard of the die. --Shak.
5. That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the
skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the
excrement of a earthworm.
6. The act of casting in a mold.
And why such daily cast of brazen cannon. --Shak.
7. An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person;
amold; a pattern.
8. That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or
copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a
casting.
9. Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of
countenance. ``A neat cast of verse.'' --Pope.
An heroic poem, but in another cast and figure.
--Prior.
And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied
o'er with the pale cast of thought. --Shak.
10. A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
Gray with a cast of green. --Woodward.
11. A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage;
specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift. [Scotch]
We bargained with the driver to give us a cast to
the next stage. --Smollett.
If we had the cast o' a cart to bring it. --Sir W.
Scott.
12. The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.
13. (Falconary) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go
at one time from the hand. --Grabb.
As when a cast of falcons make their flight.
--Spenser.
14. A stoke, touch, or trick. [Obs.]
This was a cast of Wood's politics; for his
information was wholly false. --Swift.
15. A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance;
squint.
The cast of the eye is a gesture of aversion.
--Bacon.
And let you see with one cast of an eye. --Addison.
This freakish, elvish cast came into the child's
eye. --Hawthorne.
16. A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.
17. Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at
once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.
18. Contrivance; plot, design. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
{A cast of the eye}, a slight squint or strabismus.
{Renal cast} (Med.), microscopic bodies found in the urine of
persons affected with disease of the kidneys; -- so called
because they are formed of matter deposited in, and
preserving the outline of, the renal tubes.
{The last cast}, the last throw of the dice or last effort,
on which every thing is ventured; the last chance.
Cast \Cast\, v. i.
1. To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.
2. (Naut.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind
in getting under weigh.
Weigh anchor, cast to starboard. --Totten.
3. To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as,
to cast about for reasons.
She . . . cast in her mind what manner of salution
this should be. --Luke. i. 29.
4. To calculate; to compute. [R.]
Who would cast and balance at a desk. --Tennyson.
5. To receive form or shape in a mold.
It will not run thin, so as to cast and mold.
--Woodward.
6. To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
Stuff is said to cast or warp when . . . it alters
its flatness or straightness. --Moxon.
7. To vomit.
These verses . . . make me ready to cast. --B.
Jonson.
资料来源 : WordNet®
cast
adj : (of molten metal or glass) formed by pouring or pressing
into a mold
cast
n 1: the actors in a play [syn: {cast of characters}, {dramatis
personae}]
2: container into which liquid is poured to create a given
shape when it hardens [syn: {mold}, {mould}]
3: the distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of
this cast was found throughout the region" [syn: {mold}, {stamp}]
4: the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate
cast of his features" [syn: {form}, {shape}]
5: bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster
of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
[syn: {plaster cast}, {plaster bandage}]
6: object formed by a mold [syn: {casting}]
7: the act of throwing dice [syn: {roll}]
8: the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by
means of a rod and reel [syn: {casting}]
9: a violent throw [syn: {hurl}]
cast
v 1: put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the
corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a
spell"; "cast a warm light" [syn: {project}, {contrive},
{throw}]
2: deposit; "cast a vote"; "cast a ballot"
3: select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie,
musical, opera, or ballet; "He cast a young woman in the
role of Desdemona"
4: throw forcefully [syn: {hurl}, {hurtle}]
5: assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors; "Who cast
this beautiful movie?"
6: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in
search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the
woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The
cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from
one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
[syn: {roll}, {wander}, {swan}, {stray}, {tramp}, {roam},
{ramble}, {rove}, {range}, {drift}, {vagabond}]
7: form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or
mold; "cast a bronze sculpture" [syn: {mold}, {mould}]
8: get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your
clothes" [syn: {shed}, {cast off}, {shake off}, {throw}, {throw
off}, {throw away}, {drop}]
9: choose at random; "draw a card"; "cast lots" [syn: {draw}]
10: formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put
it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite
language" [syn: {frame}, {redact}, {put}, {couch}]
11: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After
drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged
continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave
him last night" [syn: {vomit}, {vomit up}, {purge}, {sick},
{cat}, {be sick}, {disgorge}, {regorge}, {retch}, {puke},
{barf}, {spew}, {spue}, {chuck}, {upchuck}, {honk}, {regurgitate},
{throw up}] [ant: {keep down}]
资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
CAST
{Computer Aided Software Testing}
cast
{explicit type conversion}
版权所有 © 2024 3Dict.cn
