cast

/kæst/

意味: 配役、投げること

例文: Aki got cast as Tree #3 again.
    アキはまた木役3番に選ばれた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: cast a spell(呪文を唱える), cast a vote(投票する), cast a shadow(影を落とす)

定義: 何かを投げること、または役を与えること。映画や劇で役者を選ぶことも「キャスト」と言います。物を型に流し込んで形を作ることも「キャスト」と言います。

castは約20,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

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Definitions(定義)

Noun: the actors in a play
Noun: container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
Noun: the distinctive form in which a thing is made
Noun: the visual appearance of something or someone
Noun: bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
Noun: object formed by a mold
Noun: the act of throwing dice
Noun: the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
Noun: a violent throw
Verb: put or send forth
Verb: deposit
Verb: select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet
Verb: throw forcefully
Verb: assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
Verb: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Verb: form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
Verb: get rid of
Verb: choose at random
Verb: formulate in a particular style or language
Verb: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

Noun: pottery of this cast was found throughout the region
Noun: the delicate cast of his features
Verb: She threw the flashlight beam into the corner
Verb: The setting sun threw long shadows
Verb: cast a spell
Verb: cast a warm light
Verb: cast a vote
Verb: cast a ballot
Verb: He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona
Verb: Who cast this beautiful movie?
Verb: The gypsies roamed the woods
Verb: roving vagabonds
Verb: the wandering Jew
Verb: The cattle roam across the prairie
Verb: the laborers drift from one town to the next
Verb: They rolled from town to town
Verb: cast a bronze sculpture
Verb: he shed his image as a pushy boss
Verb: shed your clothes
Verb: draw a card
Verb: cast lots
Verb: I wouldn’t put it that way
Verb: She cast her request in very polite language
Verb: After drinking too much, the students vomited
Verb: He purged continuously
Verb: The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): barf, be sick, cast, cast of characters, cast off, casting, cat, chuck, contrive, couch, disgorge, dramatis personae, draw, drift, drop, form, frame, honk, hurl, hurtle, mold, mould, plaster bandage, plaster cast, project, puke, purge, put, ramble, range, redact, regorge, regurgitate, retch, roam, roll, rove, shake off, shape, shed, sick, spew, spue, stamp, stray, swan, throw, throw away, throw off, throw up, tramp, upchuck, vagabond, vomit, vomit up, wander

Antonyms(反意語): keep down

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): appearance, bandage, container, copy, delegate, excrete, fishing, gathering, give, give voice, move, remove, send, shape, solid, throw, travel

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): ablate, accompany, adhesive bandage, advance, agerasia, amputate, anamorphosis, angle, angling, ascend, ask, aspirate, assembly, audience, automobile, back, bag, bail, bail out, bang, basket, beat, beauty, beetle, betake oneself, bevy, billow, bin, blemish, block, blow, bluff, bone, bounce, bowl, bowling, box, bread-bin, breeze, brush, building, bunker, bur, burl, camp, can, canister, capeline bandage, capsule, caravan, carbon, career, cargo container, carload, carry, carve, carve out, case, cassette, cast, casting, castle, check, chip, chip away, chuck, circle, circuit, circulate, circumcise, class, clean, clear, clear off, color, come, commune, community, complexion, compression bandage, concave shape, condense, contingent, convex shape, convocation, cortege, countenance, covey, crawl, crowd, cruise, crumb, cup, cut out, cylinder, de-iodinate, de-ionate, decalcify, decarbonize, decorativeness, decorticate, deep-six, defang, defenestrate, defuse, degas, dehorn, delegate, delete, deliver, delouse, demineralize, demote, derail, descend, desorb, detoxify, devolve, dice cup, dig, discharge, disembowel, disfigurement, dish, dislodge, dispenser, divert, do, dogmatize, drag, draw, draw off, drawer, dredge, drive, dumpster, duplicate, ease, elastic bandage, eliminate, empty, enucleate, envelope, epilate, etiolation, evacuate, excavate, exenterate, expectorate, extirpate, extract, exude, face, facsimile, fair, fall, ferry, flick, fling, flip, float, flock, floor, fly, follow, forge, form, format, formularize, four-tailed bandage, frame, frustum, get around, ghost, glass, glide, go around, grab bag, grind, ground, gut, hairiness, hairlessness, handbuild, harvest, head, heave, hill, hiss, homeliness, hull, hurl, hurtle, husk, hypophysectomize, imitation, immovable bandage, impression, island hop, jettison, juggle, knock out, knockoff, ladle, lance, layer, leach, leaner, lexicalize, lift, lob, look, lurch, machine, magnetic bottle, mailer, make, mandate, manger, manoeuver, measure, meeting, miniature, model, modification, mold, mound, muck, multitude, municipality, muster, oblique bandage, octet, open, ornateness, outflank, ovoid, pace, package, pair, pan, pass, pass over, pelt, persona, perspective, phase, photocopy, pick, pit, pitch, place, plainness, play, plow, pod, polyhedron, post, pot, powder horn, prance, precede, precess, preform, print, proceed, project, promote, propagate, prostrate, puddle, pull, pursue, push, quadruplicate, quartet, quintet, quorum, quote, raft, rally, rap group, rave-up, ream, receptacle, redirect, refer, regiment, reliquary, repair, replica, resect, reshape, retreat, retrograde, return, ride, ridge, ringer, rise, roll, roller bandage, room, roughcast, round, route, run, rush, saltcellar, savings bank, scale, scalp, scavenge, scoop, scramble, sculpt, scuttle, seed, seek, semblance, septet, serve, sextet, shaker, shed, shell, shuck, shuttle, shy, sift, sinter, ski, skim, slam, sleekness, slice into, sling, slinging, slither, snowshoe, social gathering, speed, spoon, stain, stalemate, stamp, steamer, stem, step, stool, storage ring, stray, string, strip, superficies, suspensory, swage, swap, swash, swathe, sweat, swim, swing, table, take away, take off, take out, task, taxi, tear away, thimble, throw, throw-in, time capsule, tip, toroid, trail, tram, transfer, travel, travel by, travel purposefully, travel rapidly, trio, triplicate, trump, trundle, truss, turn, turnout, tusk, ugliness, unburden, undock, unhinge, unpack, unsaddle, unstring, unveil, urinate, vanishing point, vessel, view, vomit, walk, wash, wastepaper basket, watering can, wear away, weave, weed, wend, wheel, wheeled vehicle, whine, whish, whisk, whistle, wine tasting, winnow, wipe off, withdraw, workbasket, xerox, zigzag, zoom

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): abscise, autotomize, bait casting, bowl, crash, death mask, engine block, ensemble, exfoliate, fly casting, form, gallivant, life mask, matrix, maunder, miscast, natural, overcast, pig bed, precipitate, press, recast, sand cast, sandbox, shed, shoot, sling, surf casting, typecast

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: cast, caster, casting, disgorgement, draw, drawing, drifter, drifting, frame, hurl, hurler, mold, moldable, molding, mould, moulding, puke, puking, ramble, rambler, redaction, regurgitation, retch, roamer, roving, shape, shapely, sick, spewer, stamp, stray, strayer, tramp, vagabond, vagabondage, vomit, vomiter, vomiting, wanderer, wandering

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive, online

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

大学受験レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1

Movies(映画): Frozen, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories:

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