| 单词 | recast |
| 释义 | recast (once / 6925 pages) 1v 2v 3v "Let's start over." That's what someone might say when he or she needs to recast something, meaning "to make major changes that make something seem very different or even brand new." When you recast something, you aren’t just improving it slightly — something that is recast typically involves significant changes to the original. As it applies to actors' parts in a movie, television show, or play, to recast a part means finding a different actor to play it. When you recast a metal item, like a piece of jewelry, the item is melted down completely and then remade in a new form. When teachers get blank stares from students, they recast their questions to make them less confusing. WORD FAMILYrecast: recasted, recasts+/cast: caster, casting, casts, miscast, precast, recast/caster: casters/casting: castings, recasting/miscast: miscasting, miscasts/recasting: recastings USAGE EXAMPLES“It will be difficult, if not impossible, for any subsequent government to recast or replace that final image,” Dosal said. Seattle Times(Nov 27, 2016) Housing remains one of the top issues facing the city, but the battle has been recast. The Guardian(Nov 21, 2016) Likewise, it seems reasonable to want to recast support for Trump as an expression of populism. Slate(Nov 16, 2016) 1 v cast again 2The bell cracked and had to be recast Syn|Hyper remold, remould cast, mold, mould form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold v cast or model anew 3She had to recast her image to please the electorate in her home state Syn|Hyper reforge, remodel make over, redo, refashion, remake make new v cast again, in a different role He was recast as Iago Hyper cast select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet |
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