c. 1300, "a throwing; late 14c., "a metal casting, a product of a cast;" verbal noun from cast (v.). Theatrical sense is from 1814. Casting couch in the naughty-Hollywood sense is from 1948.
雙語例句
1. He has flatly denied casting aspersions on the rabbi's behaviour.
他已斷然否認曾對拉比的行為進行過詆毀。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The moon was casting a rainbow through the spray from the waterfall.
月亮在瀑布濺起的水霧上照出了一道彩虹。
來自柯林斯例句
3. They flew in over the beach, casting a huge shadow.
它們飛到海灘上空，拋下一大片黑影。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The security forces are casting their net wider.