cast

• vt.投げる、投げる; 計算する; 投げる; （光、影、視力などを）投射する
• n.投げる、投げる、投げる、[古生代の]投げる、投げる、投げる、投げる、落ちる、落ちる
• vi. 投げる、釣り針を投げる；計算する、いくつかの数字を足し算する
• n.(キャスト)人名；(仏)カストル

語源は不明。

cast

cast: [31] Cast comes from Old Norse kasta ‘throw’. It has gradually been replaced since Middle English times as the ordinary word for ‘propelling with the arm’ by throw. Of the various metaphorical senses of the noun, ‘set of performers in a play’ developed in the 17th century, apparently from an earlier ‘plan, design’.

cast (v.)

c. 1200, "to throw, fling, hurl," from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse kasta "to throw" (cognate with Swedish kasta, Danish kaste, North Frisian kastin), of uncertain origin. Meaning "to form in a mold" is late 15c. In the sense of "warp, turn" it replaced Old English weorpan (see warp (v.)), and itself largely has been superseded now by throw, though cast still is used of fishing lines and glances. Meaning "calculate, find by reckoning; chart (a course)" is from c. 1300.

cast (n.)

mid-13c., "a throw, an act of throwing," from cast (v.). In early use especially of dice, hence figurative uses relating to fortune or fate. Meaning "that which is cast" is from c. 1550s. Meaning "dash or shade of color" is from c. 1600. The sense of "a throw" carried an idea of "the form the thing takes after it has been thrown," which led to widespread and varied meanings, such as "group of actors in a play" (1630s). OED finds 42 distinct noun meaning and 83 verbal ones, with many sub-definitions. Many of the figurative senses converged in a general meaning "sort, kind, style" (mid-17c.). A cast in the eye (early 14c.) preserves the older verbal sense of "warp, turn."

1. Burke cast a cursory glance at the menu,then flapped it shut.

バークは急いでメニューをちらっと見て、パチリと閉じた。

2.The cast of characters in the scandal is bewilderingly large.

スキャンダルに巻き込まれる人は目まぐるしく多い。

3.This show has several strengths-notably a strong cast .

このパフォーマンスにはいくつかのハイライトがあります。特に俳優陣は特に強力です。

4.Alexandra looked plump and awkward in her cast -off clothing.

アレクサンドラは時代遅れの服を着て、ぶよぶよして不器用に見える。

5.They would have to offer cast -iron guarantees to invest in long-term projects.

長期プロジェクトに投資するには、絶対的に信頼できる保証を提供する必要があります。