1. (戏剧、电影的)全体演员
    The cast of a play or film is all the people who act in it.

    e.g. The show is very amusing and the cast are very good.
           演出妙趣横生，演员的表演也很出彩。

2. 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.

    e.g. The world premiere of Harold Pinter's new play casts Ian Holm in the lead role...
           哈罗德·品特新剧的世界首演由伊恩·霍尔姆担纲主演。
    e.g. He was cast as a college professor...
           他被安排饰演一个大学教授。

3. 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.

    e.g. Democrats have been worried about being cast as the party of the poor...
           民主党人一直担心被描绘成穷人的政党。
    e.g. Holland would never dare cast himself as a virtuoso pianist.
           霍兰永远不敢说自己是位钢琴名家。

4. 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.

    e.g. He cast a stern glance at the two men...
           他朝那两个人狠狠地瞪了一眼。
    e.g. I cast my eyes down briefly...
           我向下瞥了一眼。

5. 抛下，投射(光线或阴影)
    If something casts a light or shadow somewhere, it causes it to appear there.

    e.g. The moon cast a bright light over the yard...
           明亮的月光洒在院子里。
    e.g. They flew in over the beach, casting a huge shadow.
           它们飞到海滩上空，抛下一大片黑影。

6. 使产生怀疑;使不确信
    To cast doubt on something means to cause people to be unsure about it.

    e.g. Last night a top criminal psychologist cast doubt on the theory.
           昨天晚上，一位顶级犯罪心理学家使人们对该理论产生了怀疑。

7. 投(票)
    When you cast your vote in an election, you vote.

    e.g. About ninety-five per cent of those who cast their votes approve the new constitution...
           参加投票的人中有大约95%支持新宪法。
    e.g. Gaviria had been widely expected to obtain well over half the votes cast.
           人们普遍认为加维里亚能获得远远超过半数的选票。

8. 扔;抛;投;丢
    To cast something or someone somewhere means to throw them there.

    e.g. Any true lover casting a pin into the fountain and gazing into it will see his or her future partner...
           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。
    e.g. John had Maude and her son cast into a dungeon.
           约翰让人将莫德和她的儿子关进了地牢。

9. 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.

      e.g. Some way from them, the fisherman cast his line.
             在离他们稍远的地方，渔夫下了钩。

10. (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.

cast的反义词

      e.g. ...sculptures cast in bronze.
             青铜铸造的雕像

11. 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.

      e.g. An orthodontist took a cast of the inside of Billy's mouth.
             正畸医生从比利的口腔内部取了模型。

12. 同 plaster cast
      A cast is the same as a plaster cast .

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13. (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.

cast是什么意思

      e.g. The Social Democratic Party was full of people of an academic cast of mind...
             社会民主党内尽是些学究式思维的人。
      e.g. Hers was an essentially sunny cast of mind.
             她本质上是属于阳光快乐的性格。

14. see also: casting

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

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