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单词 aftercast
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aftercastn.

Brit. /ˈɑːftəkɑːst/, /ˈaftəkast/, U.S. /ˈæftərˌkæst/
Forms: Middle English 1800s– aftercast, 1800s– eftercast.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: after- prefix, cast n.
Etymology: < after- prefix + cast n.
1. An estimate or outline of the course of things made after the event, esp. of weather conditions. Also: †a plan contrived after the event (obsolete). Cf. forecast n. 2b. rare.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > [noun] > review of some past course of events
aftercasta1393
retrospect1659
retrospection1753
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 904 (MED) Whan the grete Stiede Is stole, thanne he..makth the stable dore fast: Thus evere he pleith an aftercast Of al that he schal seie or do.
1676 Bp. E. Rainbowe Serm. Funeral Countess Pembroke (1677) 35 She had a Providence or Fore-cast with herself, and also an After-cast, as you may call it, and casting up her Expence, and consulting with her Officers.
1895 Electric Power 8 568 We hear on all sides ‘we told you so’ but these forecasts are more often aftercasts.
1920 Service Sheet (N.Y. State Coll. Agric., Cornell Univ.) Sept. 1/2 The Ogdensburg Advance uses a weather aftercast instead of a weather forecast. Under this heading the paper publishes a paragraph summary of the weather of the past week.
2011 A. Sóbester Stratospheric Flight iii. 62 An aftercast of weather conditions at the time.
2. Scottish. The later or residual effects of something. Now rare. Sc. National Dict. (at efter) records this sense as still in use in Shetland in 1950, but marks it as obsolescent.
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1800 Ann. Reg. 1795 Hist. Europe 14/1 Consulting that strong propensity to immediate gain, whatever may be the aftercast, which governs princes as well as other men.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) He durst na do't for fear o' the aftercast.
a1871 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) II. 265 The aftercast of the doctors' futile opiates were generally the worst phenomena.
1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 39 Aftercast, effect, consequence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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