cast about

短语

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词形变化

casting about casts about 三单 casts about casting about 现在分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To try to find; look around; search.

    不及物

    The hounds cast about for the fox's trail.

  2. 2.

    To plan; plot; contrive.

    及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

beat about cast around

上位词 3

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词源

From cast (“to try”) + about, perhaps dissimulated from becast (“to cast about, plot”). Compare also Old English costian (“to try, examine”). More at cast, costen.

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