offcast英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

That which is rejected as useless.

动词 v.

To cast off; shed. transitive
To remove from the cast of a production. transitive

— The experiment to offcast Davis began in 1937 with That Certain Woman; "She's a lady," we are told.

词形变化

offcasts present,singular,third-person offcasting participle,present offcast participle,past offcast past offcasted common,error-unknown-tag,participle,past,proscribed offcasted common,error-unknown-tag,past,proscribed,sometimes off-cast alternative offcasts plural off-cast alternative

词源

词源 1

From Middle English ofcasten, equivalent to off- + cast. Cognate with Danish afkaste (“to shed”), Swedish avkasta (“to crop, throw off, yield”). The noun is possibly derived from Middle English ofcast (“the refuse of plants”).

词源 2

From Middle English ofcasten, equivalent to off- + cast. Cognate with Danish afkaste (“to shed”), Swedish avkasta (“to crop, throw off, yield”). The noun is possibly derived from Middle English ofcast (“the refuse of plants”).