cast

🇬🇧 UK/kɑ:st. kæst/🇺🇸 US
NGSL 2kIELTSTOEFLGREB2

Definitions

v.

To throw or fling; to direct (eyes or light); to assign roles to actors; to shape molten metal in a mould.

投,掷,抛;分配角色;铸造

n.

All the actors in a play or film; an act of throwing; an object made by casting metal.

演员阵容;投掷;铸件

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
castother
=cast

Common Collocations

  • 1.cast off抛弃
  • 2.cast shadow投下阴影

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The director cast the young actor in the lead role.

  • 2.

    The broken arm was immobilized in a plaster cast.

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