Other works — such as Ursula von Rydingsvard’s wooden monoliths and Lynda Benglis’s waves cast in bronze — are large but not crushing.
I think that might cast you in a negative light or cause you to reveal some weakness or shortcoming.
Sia, after defending her decision to not cast an autistic actress for Ziegler’s role, promised through her since-deleted Twitter account to pull the restraint scenes and include a warning.
Even Pai’s technical tweaks threatened to cast a pall over the program.
When it came time to cast their ballots, more than 54 percent of South Dakota voters took to the polls in November in favor of a constitutional amendment to legalize the recreational use of marijuana.
Obviously, not all the original cast can come back or even have the desire.
As the months passed and she began to cast the film, I became increasingly excited.
It cast this pall over the movie, which was one of my favorites of last year.
Preheat oven to 375°F. Heat the vegetable oil in a large, high-sided cast iron skillet.
He cast her as Hope, an ex-addict with an impressive pair of fake chompers—the result of years of drug abuse.
They are so rich in harmony, so weird, so wild, that when you hear them you are like a sea-weed cast upon the bosom of the ocean.
to throw forth, as from within; emit or eject; vomit.
:to throw up, as with a shovel.
:to put or place, especially hastily or forcibly: to cast someone in prison.
:to deposit or give.
:to bestow; confer: to cast blessings upon someone.
:to make suitable or accordant; tailor: He cast his remarks to fit the occasion.
:Theater. to select actors for.to allot a role to.to assign an actor to.
:to form by pouring metal, plaster, etc., in a fluid state into a mold and letting it harden.
:to form into a particular shape by pouring it into a mold in a fluid state and letting it harden.
:to tap.
:to compute or calculate; add, as a column of figures.
:to compute or calculate astrologically; forecast.
:to turn or twist; warp.
:Nautical. to turn the head of, especially away from the wind in getting under way.
:Fox Hunting. to lead or direct over ground believed to have been recently traveled by a fox.
:Archaic. to contrive, devise, or plan.
:Obsolete. to ponder.
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cast, cast·ing.
:to throw.
:to receive form in a mold.
:to calculate or add.
:to conjecture; forecast.
: to search an area for scent: The setter cast, but found no scent.
:to warp, as timber.
:Nautical. to turn, especially to get the head away from the wind; tack.
:to select the actors for a play, motion picture, or the like.
:Obsolete. to consider.to plan or scheme.
n.名词 noun
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:act of casting or throwing.
:that which is thrown.
:the distance to which a thing may be cast or thrown.
:Games. a throw of dice.the number rolled.
:Angling. act of throwing a line or net onto the water.a spot for casting a fishing line; a fishing place.
:Theater. the group of performers to whom parts are assigned; players.
:Hunting. a searching of an area for a scent by hounds.
:a stroke of fortune; fortune or lot.
:a ride offered on one's way; lift.
:the form in which something is made or written; arrangement.
:Metallurgy. act of casting or founding.the quantity of metal cast at one time.
:something formed from a material poured into a mold in a molten or liquid state; casting.
:an impression or mold made from something.
:Medicine/Medical. a rigid surgical dressing, usually made of bandage treated with plaster of Paris.
:outward form; appearance.
:sort; kind; style.
:tendency; inclination.
:a permanent twist or turn: to have a cast in one's eye.
:a warp.
:a slight tinge of some color; hue; shade: A good diamond does not have a yellowish cast.
:a dash or trace; a small amount.
:computation; calculation; addition.
:a conjecture; forecast.
:Zoology. something that is shed, ejected, or cast off or out, as molted skin, a feather, food from a bird's crop, or the coil of sand and waste passed by certain earthworms.
:Ornithology. pellet.
:Falconry. a pair of hawks put in flight together.
:Pathology. effused plastic matter produced in the hollow parts of various diseased organs.
:low-grade, irregular wool.
adj.形容词 adjective
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: lying in such a position that it is unable to return to its feet without assistance.
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:cast about, to look, as to find something; search; seek: We cast about for something to do during the approaching summer vacation.to scheme; plan: He cast about how he could avoid work.
:cast away, Also cast aside. to reject; discard.to shipwreck.to throw away; squander: He will cast away this money just as he has done in the past.
:cast back, to refer to something past; revert to: The composer casts back to his earlier work.
:cast down, to lower; humble.
:cast off, to discard; reject.to let go or let loose, as a vessel from a mooring.Printing.to determine the quantity of type or space that a given amount of text will occupy when set.Textiles.to make in completing a knitted fabric.to throw off from the fist to pursue game.
:cast on, Textiles. to set on a needle in order to form the initial stitches in knitting.