英语词汇“cast off (or cast something off)”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

cast off (or cast something off)

1 Knitting Take the stitches off the needle by looping each over the next to finish the edge: when the piece of knitting is long enough, cast off cast off a few stitches at the armhole...

Or perhaps a hand-knitted sweater that looks like granny just cast it off her knitting needles for her favourite grandson?
It's a bit nerve-wracking, because you can really see the frill until after the neck edge is cast off.
Somewhere over the Atlantic on Thursday night, I cast off the last stitch.

2Set a boat or ship free from her moorings: the boatmen cast off and rowed downriver...

As the last lines were cast off the ship edged away from the wharf.
The ship gave a sudden lurch as the lines were cast off, and began sliding away from the dock in such a way that it seemed the dock itself was receding from them.
By the time that safety was reached Fitz had picked up the shivering victim, cast off the mooring lines and was motoring out of the marina.

2.1 (cast off) (Of a boat or ship) be set free from her moorings: the ferry cast off and made a beeline for the pier...

He had come to this conclusion about five minutes into his journey, just after the ship had cast off from the dock.
It's anchors away as the Fleetwood to Knott End ferry service casts off for its yearly service across the Wyre estuary.
At the otherwise silent hotel, I am woken at 6.30 am by the screech of gulls as the mackerel boats cast off from the harbour and head out on the early-morning tide.

3Let loose a hunting hound or hawk.

4 Printing Estimate the space that will be taken in print by manuscript copy.The master printer would decide whether the text would be set into type by a single compositor or by a number working simultaneously, in which case the copy would have to be cast off.

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单词	cast off (or cast something off)
释义	cast off (or cast something off) 1 Knitting Take the stitches off the needle by looping each over the next to finish the edge: when the piece of knitting is long enough, cast off cast off a few stitches at the armhole... Or perhaps a hand-knitted sweater that looks like granny just cast it off her knitting needles for her favourite grandson? It's a bit nerve-wracking, because you can really see the frill until after the neck edge is cast off. Somewhere over the Atlantic on Thursday night, I cast off the last stitch. 2Set a boat or ship free from her moorings: the boatmen cast off and rowed downriver... As the last lines were cast off the ship edged away from the wharf. The ship gave a sudden lurch as the lines were cast off, and began sliding away from the dock in such a way that it seemed the dock itself was receding from them. By the time that safety was reached Fitz had picked up the shivering victim, cast off the mooring lines and was motoring out of the marina. 2.1 (cast off) (Of a boat or ship) be set free from her moorings: the ferry cast off and made a beeline for the pier... He had come to this conclusion about five minutes into his journey, just after the ship had cast off from the dock. It's anchors away as the Fleetwood to Knott End ferry service casts off for its yearly service across the Wyre estuary. At the otherwise silent hotel, I am woken at 6.30 am by the screech of gulls as the mackerel boats cast off from the harbour and head out on the early-morning tide. 3Let loose a hunting hound or hawk. 4 Printing Estimate the space that will be taken in print by manuscript copy.The master printer would decide whether the text would be set into type by a single compositor or by a number working simultaneously, in which case the copy would have to be cast off. See parent entry: cast
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