Cast

(noun.) the act of throwing dice.

(noun.) object formed by a mold.

(noun.) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal.

(noun.) the actors in a play.

(noun.) the distinctive form in which a thing is made; 'pottery of this cast was found throughout the region'.

(verb.) form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold; 'cast a bronze sculpture'.

(verb.) select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet; 'He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona'.

(verb.) deposit; 'cast a vote'; 'cast a ballot'.

(verb.) assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors; 'Who cast this beautiful movie?'.

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• The first cast-iron lighthouse was put up at Point Morant, Jamaica, in 1842. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• If both had owned plantations in Louisiana, they would have been as like as two old bullets cast in the same mould. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Consols; for so it was that Becky felt the Vanity of human affairs, and it was in those securities that she would have liked to cast anchor. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He slipped off his worn down-trodden shoes, and cast himself heavily, all wet as he was, upon the bed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Why any burglar should take such a thing passes my understanding, for it was only a plaster cast and of no real value whatever. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Thirty years ago, the cost of labour for turning a surface of cast iron, by chipping and filing with the hand, was 12s. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• A council was held; lots were cast who should walk up to the master after supper that evening, and ask for more; and it fell to Oliver Twist. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Slowly, at last, he moved his eyes from my face, as if he were waking from a vision, and cast them round the room. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• William's sally had quite broken and cast her down. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The die was cast. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Legree had been casting up accounts and reading newspapers for some hours, while Cassy sat in the corner; sullenly looking into the fire. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Wine and wassail, he added, gravely casting up his eyes--all the fault of wine and wassail! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Who do you give your casting vote to? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Arternoon, you mean,' replied the groom, casting a surly look at Sam. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The title gave him a sudden start, too; and he could not avoid casting a wistful glance round the room. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• While a citizen of Missouri, my first opportunity for casting a vote at a Presidential election occurred. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The metal casting of each page is very thin, and when required to be used, it is screwed on to blocks of wood to the same height as ordinary types. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• I am glad of it,' said Mr. Pickwick, casting his nightcap energetically on the counterpane. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Weight of casting, 252,000 pounds. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• He loves a dodge for its own sake; being,' added Mr Fledgeby, after casting about for an expressive phrase, 'the dodgerest of all the dodgers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Little Eyes casts about how best to pay you off. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Carez, a printer of Toul, who, in 1791, endeavoured to obtain casts in lead from a page of type, by allowing it to drop on the fused metal when it was in a state of setting. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• For this purpose, casts were made of plaster of Paris, which were covered with black lead, to give them the property of conducting electricity, and the metal was then deposited upon them. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Six plaster casts of Napoleon were drying in the passage. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Good casts were often thus procured, but the uncertainty of the process, arising from the frequent fusion of the lead matrices, caused it to be discontinued. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The will seems to move easily every way, and casts a shadow or image of itself, even to that side, on which it did not settle. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• He shook the box, and threw eight, ten, and nine; the three casts amounted to twenty-seven. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Mr. Snagsby casts his eye forlornly round the bar, gives Messrs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The Mergenthaler Linotype machine sets and casts type in the form of solid lines. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Heated casts of previously carved models were pressed into or on to wet wood, and the charcoal surfaces then brushed off with hard brushes. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

校对:桑福德