cast

1. N-COUNT-COLL The cast of a play or film is all the people who act in it. 全體演員

The show is very amusing and the cast is very good. 表演非常有趣，演員都很優(yōu)秀。

2. V-T To cast an actor in a play or film means to choose them to act a particular role in it. 選…扮演角色

The world premiere of Harold Pinter's new play casts Ian Holm in the lead role. 哈羅德·品特新戲的首次全球公演選擇伊恩·霍姆扮演主要角色。

He was cast as a college professor. 他被選扮演大學教授這個角色。

3. V-T If you cast your eyes or cast a look in a particular direction, you look quickly in that direction. 掃視[書面]

He cast a stern glance at the two men. 他嚴厲地瞪了那兩名男子一眼。

I cast my eyes down briefly. 我往下瞅了瞅。

4. V-T If something casts a light or shadow somewhere, it causes it to appear there. 投射[書面]

The moon cast a bright light over the garden. 月亮在院子里撒下清輝。

5. V-T To cast doubt on something means to cause people to be unsure about it. 使人生疑

Last night a top criminal psychologist cast doubt on the theory. 昨晚，一位頂級的犯罪心理學家讓人對該理論生疑。

6. V-T When you cast your vote in an election, you vote. 投票

About ninety-five per cent of those who cast their votes approve the new constitution. 95%的人投票贊成新憲法。

7. V-T 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. 鑄造

Our door knocker is cast in solid brass. 我們的門環(huán)是純銅鑄造的。

8. N-COUNT 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. 模型

An orthodontist took a cast of the inside of Billy's mouth to make a dental plate. 正牙醫(yī)師從比利的口腔內(nèi)部取了模型來制作齒板。

9. N-COUNT A cast is the same as a . 石膏模型

10. to cast your mind back→see mind