cast是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the actors in a film, play, or show -- （一部电影、戏剧或演出的）全体演员

  • After the final performance the director threw a party for the cast. 最后一场演出过后，导演为全体演员举办了一场聚会。

  • Part of the movie's success lies in the strength of the supporting cast (= the actors who were not playing the main parts). 影片的成功部分归功于强大的配角阵容。

• 1 an object made by pouring hot liquid into a container and leaving it to become solid -- 铸件，铸造品

  • My leg was in a cast for about six weeks. 我的腿打了6周左右的石膏。

• 2 to choose actors to play particular parts in a play, film, or show -- 分配…扮演（某角色），为…选派演员

  • He was often cast as the villain. 他经常演反面角色。

  • In her latest movie she was cast against type (= played a different character than the one she usually played or might be expected to play). 在最近拍的电影中，她改变了戏路。

  • figurative They like to cast the opposing political party as (= to say that they are) the party of high taxes. 他们喜欢把敌对政党说成是征收高额税收的政党。

• 3 to send light or shadow (= an area of darkness) in a particular direction -- 把（光或阴影）投向；投射

  • The moon cast a white light into the room. 皎洁的月光洒进房间里。

  • The tree cast a shadow over/on his face. 树影投在他的脸上。

  • figurative Her arrival cast a shadow over/on the party (= made it less pleasant). 她的到场给聚会投上了一丝阴影。

  • The discovery of the dinosaur skeleton has cast light on why they became extinct. 恐龙骨架的发现使人们对于恐龙灭绝的原因有了一些认识。

• 4 to look, smile, etc. in a particular direction -- 看一眼（瞅一眼，冲…一笑等）

  • She cast a quick look in the rear mirror. 她迅速看了一眼后视镜。

  • Could you cast an eye over this report for me? 你能帮我看一眼这份报告吗？

• 5 to throw something -- 扔；投；抛；掷

  • The knight cast the sword far out into the lake. 骑士将剑远远地扔进湖中。

  • He cast the line to the middle of the river. 他把渔线抛向河中央。

• 6 to make people feel less sure about or have less trust in something or someone -- 使对…产生怀疑

  • New evidence has cast doubt on the guilty verdict. 新的证据让人们对判罚有罪的裁决产生了怀疑。

  • His opponents cast aspersions on his patriotism. 反对者诋毁他的爱国精神。

• 7 to try to remember -- 回想；追忆

  • If you cast your mind back, you might recall that I never promised to go. 回想一下，你或许会记得我从未答应过要去。

• 8 to vote -- 投票

  • All the votes in the election have now been cast and the counting has begun. 这次选举的投票现已全部结束，计票工作已经开始。

• 9 to make an object by pouring hot liquid, such as melted metal, into a shaped container where it becomes hard -- （用熔化的金属等）浇铸，铸造

• 10 to use words thought to be magic, especially in order to have an effect on someone -- 施魔法，念咒语；使…入魔

  • The old woman cast a spell on the prince and he turned into a frog. 老太婆对王子施了魔法，他变成了一只青蛙。

  • figurative When I was 17, jazz cast its spell on me (= I started to like it very much). 我17岁的时候对爵士乐着了迷。

• 11 If a snake casts its skin, the outer layer of old skin comes off its body. -- （蛇）蜕（皮）