cast的词源
英文词源
- 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 In the sense of "warp, turn" it replaced Old English weorpan (see warp (v.)), and itself largely has been superseded now by throw, though cast still is used of fishing lines and glances.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."
中文词源
cast：投掷、铸造、演员阵容
发音释义：[kɑːst] v.投；掷；扔；浇铸；计算；加；钓鱼；脱落n.投掷；铸件；演员阵容
词源解释：来自北欧语，近似古挪威语kasta（扔）
单词cast的核心含义很简单，就是“扔、投掷”，然而从它的核心含义出发衍生出了大量外围的含义，如“浇铸”（把融化的铁水“扔”到模具里）、“钓鱼”（把钓钩“扔”出去）、“计算、加”（扔石子来计算）、“演员阵容”（把演员“扔”到舞台上）。
词组习语： cast a glance（一瞥）；cast iron（铸铁的）； cast-iron（坚固的）；cast an actor in a play（为某戏剧选演员）；cast a movie（为电影选角）；casting director（选角导演）；cast sb. as（将某人描绘为）
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：cast 词源，cast 含义。
词源不详。
cast：投，扔；浇铸，铸造
来源于古斯堪的纳维亚语kasta(扔)。
