| 单词 | cast off |
| 释义 | cast off 1. phrasal verb If you cast off something, you get rid of it because it is no longer necessary or useful to you, or because it is harmful to you. [literary] The essay exhorts women to cast off their servitude to husbands and priests. [VERB PARTICLE noun] There was an extraordinary feeling of hope and relief, as if a great burden had been cast off. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 2. See also cast-off 3. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for cast If you are on a boat and you cast off, you untie the rope that is keeping the boat in a fixed position. He cast off, heading out to the bay. [VERB PARTICLE] cast-off also castoff Word forms: cast-offs adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Cast-off things, especially clothes, are ones which someone no longer uses because they are old or unfashionable, and which they give to someone else or throw away. Alexandra looked plump and awkward in her cast-off clothing. Synonyms: discarded, unwanted, rejected, scrapped Cast-off is also a noun. I never had anything new to wear as a child, only a cousin's cast-offs. Translations: Chinese: 丢弃的 Japanese: お古の |
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