cast about

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To try to find; look around; search. intransitive
    — The hounds cast about for the fox's trail.
  2. To plan; plot; contrive. transitive

词形变化

casts about present,singular,third-person casting about participle,present cast about participle,past cast about past

词源

From cast (“to try”) + about, perhaps dissimulated from becast (“to cast about, plot”). Compare also Old English costian (“to try, examine”). More at cast, costen.
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