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cast /kɑːst/ (casting,casts)

1. N-COUNT-COLL The cast of a play or film is all the people who act in it. 全体演员
The show is very amusing and the cast is very good. 表演非常有趣，演员都很优秀。
2. V-T To cast an actor in a play or film means to choose them to act a particular role in it. 选…扮演角色
The world premiere of Harold Pinter's new play casts Ian Holm in the lead role. 哈罗德·品特新戏的首次全球公演选择伊恩·霍姆扮演主要角色。
He was cast as a college professor. 他被选扮演大学教授这个角色。
3. V-T If you cast your eyes or cast a look in a particular direction, you look quickly in that direction. 扫视[书面]
He cast a stern glance at the two men. 他严厉地瞪了那两名男子一眼。
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[书面]
The moon cast a bright light over the garden. 月亮在院子里撒下清辉。
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，一位顶级的犯罪心理学家让人对该理论生疑。
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%的人投票赞成新宪法。
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. 铸造
Our door knocker is cast in solid brass. 我们的门环是纯铜铸造的。
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. 正牙医师从比利的口腔内部取了模型来制作齿板。
9. N-COUNT A cast is the same as a . 石膏模型
10. to cast your mind back→see mind