单词 | castoff |
释义 | castoff[ kast-awf, -of, kahst- ] / ˈkæstˌɔf, -ˌɒf, ˈkɑst- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR castoff ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivethrown away; rejected; discarded: castoff clothing. nouna person or thing that has been cast off. Printing. the estimate by a compositor of how many pages copy will occupy when set in type. Origin of castoffFirst recorded in 1735–45; adj., noun use of verb phrase cast off Words nearby castoffCastle's intrinsic factor, Castle walk, cast loose, Castner, Castner process, castoff, cast on, cast one's lot with, castor, Castor and Pollux, castor bean Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for castoffBritish Dictionary definitions for castoffcast-off adjective(prenominal) thrown away; abandonedcast-off shoes noun castoffa person or thing that has been discarded or abandoned printing an estimate of the amount of space that a piece of copy will occupy when printed in a particular size and style of type verb cast off (adverb)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 castoffcast off Discard, reject, as in He cast off his clothes and jumped in the pool. This term was already used figuratively in Miles Coverdale's translation of the Bible (1535): “Thy mother ... that hath cast off her housebonds and her children” (Ezekiel 16:45). Let go, set loose, as in He cast off the line and the boat drifted from the dock. [Second half of 1600s] In knitting, to finish the last row of stitches, that is, take the stitches off the needle and form a selvage. For example, Your sweater is finished; I just have to cast off. [Late 1800s] Also see cast on, def. 1. 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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