单词 | cast-offs |
释义 | cast-offs From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Clothescast-offsˈcast-offs noun [plural]DCCclothes that you do not wear anymore and give to someone else As the youngest of five kids, I was always dressed in other people’s cast-offs.Examples from the Corpuscast-offs• His shoes are one size too big, cast-offs from a friend.• For some people, a sense of shame clings to the buying of cast-offs.• It was a miracle - if not of fishes and loaves, then of cast-offs and left-overs.• There's a marvellous little shop near my office in London which sells cast-offs from the super-rich!• I told you she'd sent me some cast-offs and they're much too grand for me to wear.• My sisters and friends loved me; they were getting all these barely-worn cast-offs. |
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