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語源

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”).

動詞

offcast (三人称単数 現在形 offcasts, 現在分詞 offcasting, 過去形および過去分詞形 offcast)

1. (transitive) to cast off; shed.
2. (transitive, theater, television) to remove from the cast of a production.
   • 1985, Tino Balio, The American film industry:

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

   • 1997, Ann M. Sperber, Eric Lax, Bogart:

     [...] and Paramount was not inclined to offcast its stars, the story was dropped.

   • 2015, Emily Carman, Independent Stardom:

     White actresses were able to maintain a more multidimensional star persona than actresses of color, thanks in large part to their ability to off-cast themselves in challenging roles and control their off-screen image through publicity.

名詞

offcast (複数形 offcasts)

1. That which is rejected as useless.

アナグラム

• cast off, cast-off, castoff

動詞

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

1. Alternative form of offcast