The form cast is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle. cast 的过去式和过去分词与原形相同。
1 N-COUNT-COLL [with singular or plural verb] (戏剧、电影的)全体演员 The cast of a play or film is all the people who act in it. (戏剧、电影的)全体演员
SYN actors, company, players, characters
2 VERB 挑选(演员);使…出演(某角色) To cast an actor in a play or film means to choose them to act a particular role in it. 挑选(演员);使…出演(某角色)
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The world premiere of Harold Pinter's new play casts Ian Holm in the lead role. [V n + in/as]
哈罗德·品特新剧的世界首演由伊恩·霍尔姆担纲主演。
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He was cast as a college professor. [be VERB-ed + as]
他被安排饰演一个大学教授。
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He had no trouble casting the movie. [VERB noun]
他为该部电影挑选演员没费一点力气。
SYN choose, name, pick, select
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The film could have done without the casting of the director's daughter in a central role.
其实,当初完全可以不选导演的女儿出演这部电影的关键角色。
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...the casting director of Ealing film studios.
伊灵制片公司负责挑选演员的导演
3 VERB 描述;描写;描绘 To cast someone in a particular way or as a particular thing means to describe them in that way or suggest they are that thing. 描述;描写;描绘 [Also + in]
4 VERB 瞥;飞快看(一眼);扫视 If you cast your eyes or cast a look in a particular direction, you look quickly in that direction. 瞥;飞快看(一眼);扫视 [written] [Also VERB n n]
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He cast a stern glance at the two men. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
他朝那两个人狠狠地瞪了一眼。
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I cast my eyes down briefly. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
我向下瞥了一眼。
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The maid, casting black looks, hurried out. [VERB noun]
女仆怒气冲冲地瞪了几眼,匆匆地出去了。
SYN bestow, give, level, accord
5 VERB 抛下,投射(光线或阴影) If something casts a light or shadow somewhere, it causes it to appear there. 抛下,投射(光线或阴影) [written]
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The moon cast a bright light over the yard. [VERB noun prep.]
明亮的月光洒在院子里。
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They flew in over the beach, casting a huge shadow. [VERB noun]
它们飞到海滩上空,抛下一大片黑影。
SYN give out, spread, deposit, shed
6 VERB 使产生怀疑;使不确信 To cast doubt on something means to cause people to be unsure about it. 使产生怀疑;使不确信
7 VERB 投(票) When you cast your vote in an election, you vote. 投(票)
8 VERB 扔;抛;投;丢 To cast something or someone somewhere means to throw them there. 扔;抛;投;丢 [literary]
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Any true lover casting a pin into the fountain and gazing into it will see his or her future partner. [VERB noun prep.]
只要你心诚,往喷泉里扔下一根大头针,然后盯着泉水看,就能看见未来伴侣的影子。
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John had Maude and her son cast into a dungeon. [have n V-ed prep]
约翰让人将莫德和她的儿子关进了地牢。
SYN throw, project, launch, pitch
9 VERB 抛(鱼线);甩(鱼钩) If someone casts a fishing line or casts, they throw one end of the fishing line into the water. 抛(鱼线);甩(鱼钩) [Also VERB]
10 VERB (用模具)铸造,浇铸 To cast an object means to make it by pouring a liquid such as hot metal into a specially shaped container and leaving it there until it becomes hard. (用模具)铸造,浇铸 [Also V n in n, V n]
11 N-COUNT 铸件;模子 A cast is a model that has been made by pouring a liquid such as plaster or hot metal onto something or into something, so that when it hardens it has the same shape as that thing. 铸件;模子
12 N-COUNT 同 plaster cast A cast is the same as a plaster cast . 同 plaster cast
13 N-COUNT (人的)思维模式,特性 If someone has a particular cast of mind or cast of thought, they have that kind of character or way of thinking of things. (人的)思维模式,特性
SYN type, turn, sort, kind
15 to cast anchor→see: anchor to cast aspersions→see: aspersions the die is cast→see: die to cast your mind back→see: mind to cast your net wider→see: net to cast pearls before swine→see: pearl
Phrasal verbs: - cast around forcast asidecast downcast offcast out
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