cast off

动词 v.

中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.

To discard or reject something. transitive

— However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence.
To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way. ambitransitive
To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle. intransitive
To estimate the amount of space required by the type used for the given copy. historical

— To conserve type, copy was "cast off"; that is, type needed for the initial pages was estimated so that the pages need not be composed in the same sequence as the copy.

词形变化

casts off present,singular,third-person casting off participle,present cast off participle,past cast off past casted off participle,past casted off past

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近义词

bind off