| 单词 | castaway |
| 释义 | castaway[ kast-uh-wey, kahst- ] / ˈkæst əˌweɪ, ˈkɑst- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR castaway ON THESAURUS.COM nouna shipwrecked person. anything cast adrift or thrown away. an outcast. adjectivecast adrift. thrown away. Origin of castawayFirst recorded in 1520–30; noun, adj. use of verb phrase cast away SYNONYMS FOR castaway3 pariah, outlaw, leper. SEE SYNONYMS FOR castaway ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby castawayCastagno, Castalia, Castaneda, castanet, castanets, castaway, cast back, cast brace, cast doubt on, cast down, caste Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for castawayBritish Dictionary definitions for castawaycastaway / (ˈkɑːstəˌweɪ) / nouna person who has been shipwrecked something thrown off or away; castoff adjective (prenominal)shipwrecked or put adrift thrown away or rejected verb cast away(tr, adverb; often passive) to cause (a ship, person, etc) to be shipwrecked or abandoned Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with castawaycast away Also, cast aside. Discard, reject, as in He picked a book, then cast it aside, or She cast away all thoughts of returning home. [Early 1400s] Squander, waste, as in She cast away a fortune on jewelry. Shakespeare used this idiom in King John (2:1): “France, hast thou yet more blood to cast away?” [Early 1500s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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