castoffとは

意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• cast-off

動詞

cast off (三人称単数 現在形 casts off, 現在分詞 casting off, 過去形および過去分詞形 casted off) (過去形および過去分詞形 more properly cast off)

1. (transitive) To discard or reject something.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity:

     However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence.

2. (transitive, intransitive, nautical) To let go (a cable または rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf etc) so that the vessel may make way.
3. (intransitive, knitting) To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.

名詞

cast-off (複数形 cast-offs)

1. Alternative spelling of castoff