Casting
['kɑːstɪŋ] or ['kæstɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie.
(noun.) the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel.
整理:莱昂内尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cast
(n.) The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.
(n.) The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process of pouring molten metal into a mold.
(n.) That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.
(n.) The warping of a board.
(n.) The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as skin, feathers, excrement, etc.
錄入:玛莎
例句/造句/用法:
- Legree had been casting up accounts and reading newspapers for some hours, while Cassy sat in the corner; sullenly looking into the fire. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Wine and wassail, he added, gravely casting up his eyes--all the fault of wine and wassail! 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Who do you give your casting vote to? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Arternoon, you mean,' replied the groom, casting a surly look at Sam. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The title gave him a sudden start, too; and he could not avoid casting a wistful glance round the room. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- While a citizen of Missouri, my first opportunity for casting a vote at a Presidential election occurred. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The metal casting of each page is very thin, and when required to be used, it is screwed on to blocks of wood to the same height as ordinary types. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- I am glad of it,' said Mr. Pickwick, casting his nightcap energetically on the counterpane. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Weight of casting, 252,000 pounds. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- He loves a dodge for its own sake; being,' added Mr Fledgeby, after casting about for an expressive phrase, 'the dodgerest of all the dodgers. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- You are the executor, I see,' he added, casting his eyes over the paper. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Lady Dedlock looks imperiously at her visitor when the servant has left the room, casting her eyes over him from head to foot. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- He was aware, too, of his own delicately coloured lights casting their softness behind him. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The casting of car wheels by chill moulds, by which the tread portion of the wheel was hardened and increased in wearing qualities, is a good illustration. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- They come peeping, and counting and casting up? 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Lucas’ process making Malleable Iron Castings. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- In 1834 Henry Bessemer electro-plated lead castings with copper in the production of antique relief heads. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Near the tumblers are the grinding wheels, upon which are ground off the rough edges and the castings put into shape for the machine shop. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Small metal stars are placed in these tumblers with the castings, and when the tumbler is full it is started revolving. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- As our business increased enormously, our quarters became too small, so we saw the district Tammany leader and asked him if we could not store castings and other things on the sidewalk. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The production of Bessemer steel in the United States for 1897 was for ingots and castings 5,475,315 tons, and for railroad rails 1,644,520 tons. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- In the machining of the cylinder castings, and the operation of assembling the motor, close inspection of the work is noticeable. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- This shakes all the sand from the castings and they come out clean and bright. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Henry Bessemer electro-plates lead castings with copper. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The eighteenth century did have its glowing grates, and its still more glowing furnaces of coal in which the ore was melted and by the light of which the castings were made. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- This process continues for some time, depending on the size of the castings. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The making of iron castings malleable by a prolonged baking in a furnace in a bed of metallic oxide was an important, but early, step. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Nickel is employed for cheaper ornamental effect, and copper finds a large application for electrotypes for printing and for coating iron castings as a protection against rust. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The framework in which the motor was placed consisted of a double hollow square of steel tubing, joined at the rear corners by steel castings and by malleable castings in front. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- As soon as the castings have cooled sufficiently they are put into great horizontal cylinders, called tumblers. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
整理:斯特拉