caster

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɑːstə(ɹ)/|/ˈkæstə(ɹ)/    美 /ˈkɑːstə(ɹ)/|/ˈkæstə(ɹ)/|/ˈkæstɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone or something that casts.
    — a caster of spells
  2. A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of a wheel (which may be plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal), an axle, a mounting provision (usually a stem, flange, or plate), and sometimes a swivel (which allows the caster to rotate for steering).
    — Many office chairs roll on a set of casters.
  3. A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.
    — a set of casters
  4. A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.
  5. The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.
    — In addition, caster helps to reduce steering effort and to return the steering wheel to the center position after a turn.
动词 v.
  1. To act as a caster

词形变化

casters plural castor alternative,UK casters present,singular,third-person castering participle,present castered participle,past castered past castor alternative,UK

词汇关系

衍生词
baitcaster casterless figure-caster linecaster raycaster runecaster spearcaster spellcaster surf-caster surf caster
相关词
caster angle caster sugar

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *kas-
Proto-Germanic *kastōną
Old Norse kastabor.
Middle English casten
English cast
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English caster
From cast + -er; the wheel sense comes from obsolete cast (“to turn”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *kas-
Proto-Germanic *kastōną
Old Norse kastabor.
Middle English casten
English cast
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English caster
From cast + -er; the wheel sense comes from obsolete cast (“to turn”).
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